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Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone is James Baldwin's fourth novel, first published in 1968. Plot [ edit ] 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
- United States
- 1968
- English
Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone. James Baldwin. 4.30. 4,069 ratings420 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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“Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone” tells the story of a ten-year-old African American who struggles to make his way in a racist world and encounters various obstacles interfering with his...
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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...
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. “Baldwin is one of the few genuinely indispensable American writers.” —Saturday Review.
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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.
- James Baldwin
Sep 17, 2013 · 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...
