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Letter to Jimmy

Letter to Jimmy( )
Author: Mabanckou, Alain
ISBN:978-1-59376-601-6
Publication Date:Dec 2014
Publisher:Counterpoint Press
Imprint:Soft Skull Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $14.95
Book Description:

Written on the twentieth anniversary of James Baldwin's death, Letter to Jimmy is African writer Alain Mabanckou's ode to his literary hero and an effort to place Baldwin's life in context within the greater African diaspora. Beginning with a chance encounter with a beggar wandering along a Santa Monica beach--a man whose ragged clothes and unsteady gait remind the author of a character out of one of James Baldwin's novels-- Mabanckou uses his own experiences as an African living in...
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Book Details
Pages:178
Detailed Subjects: Literary Criticism / American / African American & Black
Literary Criticism / American / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.5 x 8.25 x 0.48 Inches
Book Weight:0.376 Pounds



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