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Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone is James Baldwin 's fourth novel, first published in 1968. Plot. Leo Proudhammer, an African-American actor who grew up in Harlem and later moved into Greenwich Village, has a heart attack while on stage.
Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone. James Baldwin. 4.30. 4,088 ratings423 reviews. At the height of his theatrical career, the actor Leo Proudhammer is nearly felled by a heart attack. As he hovers between life and death, Baldwin shows the choices that have made him enviably famous and terrifyingly vulnerable.
A summary of James Baldwin's short story about a young black boy's struggles in a racist world. The story explores themes of family, identity, and justice through the boy's experiences with his brother, his father, and the police.
About Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone. A major work of American literature from a major American writer that powerfully portrays the anguish of being Black in a society that at times seems poised on the brink of total racial war.
Six years ago, James Baldwin predicted the black revolution that is now changing our society. His new novel, "Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone" is his attempt to recreate, as an artist this time, the tragic condition of the Negro, in America. He has not been successful; this is a simpleminded, one-dimensional novel with mostly cardboard ...
by James Baldwin. Start Free Trial. Summary. Themes. Questions & Answers. Analysis. Style and Technique. PDF Cite. This first-person narrative is told through the eyes of a ten-year-old African...
22 de feb. de 2000 · Literatura en inglés. Ficha técnica. Nº de páginas: 484. Editorial: VINTAGE INTERNATIONAL. RANDOM HOUSE. Encuadernación: Tapa blanda. ISBN: 9780375701894. Plaza de edición: NUEVA YORK 1998. Fecha de lanzamiento: 22/02/2000. Escrito por... James Baldwin. Nacido en Nueva York en 1924, Baldwin se describía a sí mismo como «negro, feo y pobre».
