Notes of a Native Son
by James Baldwin
Taste attributes: espionagebiographypoliticalfresh & originalheavyrealisticglossyenclosedemotive & stirringsocial commentaryinjustice/tragedy/vengeancecomplex relationship
Boxlist takeExpect a heavy, realistic spy novel, fresh rather than familiar. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.4 / 5
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About This Book
Since its original publication in 1955, this first nonfiction collection of essays by James Baldwin remains an American classic. His impassioned essays on life in Harlem, the protest novel, movies, and African Americans abroad are as powerful today as when they were first written.
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- James Baldwin
- Published
- 1955
- Pages
- 175
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