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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.
- James Baldwin
- 1968
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.
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An adored older brother vanishes into prison. There are love affairs with a white woman and a younger black man, each of whom will make irresistible claims on Leo’s loyalty. Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone is overpowering in its vitality and extravagant in the intensity of its feeling.
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Feb 17, 1998 · Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone. Paperback – February 17, 1998. 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.
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Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone. By James Baldwin. ragedy calls out for a great artist, revolution for a true prophet. Six years ago, James Baldwin predicted the black revolution that is...
James Baldwin; Introduction by Colm Tóibín. Praise. Sign up for our newsletter and discover your next great read. 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.
Sep 17, 2013 · James Baldwin. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Sep 17, 2013 - Fiction - 496 pages. A major work of American literature from a major American writer that powerfully portrays the anguish of...
