"Nothing but the darkness, and all around them destruction, and before them nothing but the fire--a bastard people, far from God, singing and crying in the wilderness!" First published in 1953, Baldwin's first novel is a short but intense, semi-autobiographical exploration of the troubled life of the Grimes family in Harlem during the Depression.
James Baldwin (1924-1987) was a novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic, and one of America's foremost writers. His essays, such as "Notes of a Native Son" (1955), explore palpable yet unspoken intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in Western societies, most notably in mid-twentieth-century America. A Harlem, New York, native, he primarily made h...
James Baldwin (1924-1987) was a novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic, and one of America's foremost writers. His essays, such as "Notes of a Native Son" (1955), explore palpable yet unspoken intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in Western societies, most notably in mid-twentieth-century America. A Harlem, New York, native, he primarily made his home in the south of France.
His novels include Giovanni's Room (1956), about a white American expatriate who must come to terms with his homosexuality, and Another Country (1962), about racial and gay sexual tensions among New York intellectuals. His inclusion of gay themes resulted in much savage criticism from the black community. Going to Meet the Man (1965) and Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone (1968) provided powerful descriptions of American racism. As an openly gay man, he became increasingly outspoken in condemning discrimination against lesbian and gay people.
no woman, whether singing before defiant trumpets or rejoicing before the Lord, who had not seen her father, her brother, her lover, or her son cut down without mercy; who had not seen her sister become part of the white man's great whorehouse, who had not, all too narrowly, escaped that house herself; no man, preaching, or cursing, strumming his guitar in the lone, blue evening, or blowing in fury and ecstasy his golden horn at night, who had not been made to bend his head and drink white men's muddy water; no man whose manhood had not been, at the root, sickened, whose loins had not been dishonored, whose seed had not been scattered into oblivion and worse than oblivion, into living shame and rage, and into endless battle. Yes, their parts were all cut off, they were dishonored, their ve... (查看原文)
His mind was like the sea itself: troubled, and too deep for the bravest man's descent, throwing up now and again, for the naked eye to wonder at, treasure and debris long forgotten on the bottom--bones and jewels, fantastic shells, jelly that had once been flesh, pearls that had once been eyes. And he was at the mercy of this sea, hanging there with darkness all around him. (查看原文)
「Neither love nor humility had led her to the altar, but only fear. And God did not hear the prayers of the fearful, for the hearts of the fearful held no belief. 」和书末Florence质问Gabriel的一连串问题可以连起来看，作为不...「Neither love nor humility had led her to the altar, but only fear. And God did not hear the prayers of the fearful, for the hearts of the fearful held no belief. 」和书末Florence质问Gabriel的一连串问题可以连起来看，作为不可知论者，是从这里进入鲍德温所言“宗教”的。(展开)
翻译资料来源，Talking at the Gates by James Campbell 在最终确定名Go Tell It on the Mountain的书名之前，这本书曾经的书名是《圣洁的哭泣》（Crying Holy）以及，更早之前的《我父亲的家》（In My Father’s House）。 1943-1947年之间，在鲍德温和理查德·赖特（Richard ...
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詹姆斯·鲍德温 作者
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人民文学出版社2023版
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0 有用 francesca 2022-06-05 23:32:58
看之前真不知道是宗教色彩如此浓厚的书。。。语言朴素但是心理描写特别翔实，对话更是如同自带语音，总觉得作者对宗教的刻画是很揭露其虚伪的，所以结尾也有点迷。喜欢Florence
0 有用 葛千 2022-04-20 15:28:58
The suffering what Richard went through is still happening today.
1 有用 真空菌 2021-10-08 17:01:46
写social anxiety的地方很真实
0 有用 那我懂你意思了 2023-03-26 14:49:35 印度
自认为对严肃文学高度耐受的我每每在African American literature面前败下阵来…残念です
0 有用 Schewimmer 2020-06-29 03:00:06
[有聲書]
0 有用 fugue 2023-12-31 23:59:37 美国
太美了
0 有用 降落失灵 2023-08-11 22:52:17 广东
「Neither love nor humility had led her to the altar, but only fear. And God did not hear the prayers of the fearful, for the hearts of the fearful held no belief. 」和书末Florence质问Gabriel的一连串问题可以连起来看，作为不... 「Neither love nor humility had led her to the altar, but only fear. And God did not hear the prayers of the fearful, for the hearts of the fearful held no belief. 」和书末Florence质问Gabriel的一连串问题可以连起来看，作为不可知论者，是从这里进入鲍德温所言“宗教”的。 (展开)
1 有用 Wanderlust 2023-07-29 23:15:17 英国
很多地方描写还是能触动我，但是宗教性太强，传统观念压抑。很喜欢Richard和Elizabeth的故事，太可惜了。
0 有用 那我懂你意思了 2023-03-26 14:49:35 印度
自认为对严肃文学高度耐受的我每每在African American literature面前败下阵来…残念です
0 有用 別有用心美少女 2023-03-06 20:39:57 中国香港
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