A new edition of the book many have called James Baldwin’s most influential work
Written during the 1940s and early 1950s, when Baldwin was only in his twenties, the essays collected in Notes of a Native Son capture a view of black life and black thought at the dawn of the civil rights movement and as the movement slowly gained strength through the words of one of the most ...
A new edition of the book many have called James Baldwin’s most influential work
Written during the 1940s and early 1950s, when Baldwin was only in his twenties, the essays collected in Notes of a Native Son capture a view of black life and black thought at the dawn of the civil rights movement and as the movement slowly gained strength through the words of one of the most captivating essayists and foremost intellectuals of that era. Writing as an artist, activist, and social critic, Baldwin probes the complex condition of being black in America. With a keen eye, he examines everything from the significance of the protest novel to the motives and circumstances of the many black expatriates of the time, from his home in “The Harlem Ghetto” to a sobering “Journey to Atlanta.”
Notes of a Native Son inaugurated Baldwin as one of the leading interpreters of the dramatic social changes erupting in the United States in the twentieth century, and many of his observations have proven almost prophetic. His criticism on topics such as the paternalism of white progressives or on his own friend Richard Wright’s work is pointed and unabashed. He was also one of the few writing on race at the time who addressed the issue with a powerful mixture of outrage at the gross physical and political violence against black citizens and measured understanding of their oppressors, which helped awaken a white audience to the injustices under their noses. Naturally, this combination of brazen criticism and unconventional empathy for white readers won Baldwin as much condemnation as praise.
Notes is the book that established Baldwin’s voice as a social critic, and it remains one of his most admired works. The essays collected here create a cohesive sketch of black America and reveal an intimate portrait of Baldwin’s own search for identity as an artist, as a black man, and as an American.
They face each other—the negro and the African—over a gulf of three hundred years. An alienation too be conquered in an evening’s good will. Too heavy, and too double edged ever to be trapped in speec...They face each other—the negro and the African—over a gulf of three hundred years. An alienation too be conquered in an evening’s good will. Too heavy, and too double edged ever to be trapped in speech.
— Baldwin, Notes of a Native Son(展开)
They face each other—the negro and the African—over a gulf of three hundred years. An alienation too be conquered in an evening’s good will. Too heavy, and too double edged ever to be trapped in speec...They face each other—the negro and the African—over a gulf of three hundred years. An alienation too be conquered in an evening’s good will. Too heavy, and too double edged ever to be trapped in speech.
— Baldwin, Notes of a Native Son(展开)
Notes of a Native Son By James Baldwin 沈痛而又清醒的靈魂自白之書。（Autobiographical Notes, Notes of a Native Son & Equal in Paris 三篇讀來非常非常令人觸動。） 每一個人都面臨身份認同的問題，每一個人都發現自己沒能做好準備。白人們想要保護自己的身份，黑人...
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Waldeinsamkeit
0 有用 Amorinoo 2020-01-26 23:04:17
尼哥文学我好无力...弃了弃了还是看弗洛伊德去吧
0 有用 fugue 2022-09-25 02:29:27 美国
They face each other—the negro and the African—over a gulf of three hundred years. An alienation too be conquered in an evening’s good will. Too heavy, and too double edged ever to be trapped in speec... They face each other—the negro and the African—over a gulf of three hundred years. An alienation too be conquered in an evening’s good will. Too heavy, and too double edged ever to be trapped in speech. — Baldwin, Notes of a Native Son (展开)
0 有用 ⁄(⁄ ⁄ ⁄ω⁄ ⁄ ⁄) 2021-08-06 08:41:05
很难得的写作风格
0 有用 Decem 2023-08-22 07:31:52 美国
很喜欢里面对于和父亲关系的描写，那种看到父亲来了就僵住，恨与和解感觉是每个和父母拧巴的人都能共情的，文笔也是真的好，然后关于doublethink也很有意思（什么）就是讲要学会放下hatred，但同时不忘injustice，文笔和思想都很动人，震耳发聩：“（弱势群体）必须永远保留两种看似相互对立的观念。第一个是接受，完全没有怨恨地接受生活如其现状，接受人如其本性：根据这个观念，不言而喻的是，不公平... 很喜欢里面对于和父亲关系的描写，那种看到父亲来了就僵住，恨与和解感觉是每个和父母拧巴的人都能共情的，文笔也是真的好，然后关于doublethink也很有意思（什么）就是讲要学会放下hatred，但同时不忘injustice，文笔和思想都很动人，震耳发聩：“（弱势群体）必须永远保留两种看似相互对立的观念。第一个是接受，完全没有怨恨地接受生活如其现状，接受人如其本性：根据这个观念，不言而喻的是，不公平是司空见惯的。但这并不意味着可以自满，因为第二个观念同样强大：在自己的生活中，绝不能接受这些不公平，而必须全力与之抗争。然而，这场斗争始于心灵，现在我被赋予的任务是保持自己的心灵远离仇恨和绝望。” (展开)
0 有用 捺捺🐰 2017-06-16 12:16:17
大概是写种族问题写得最好的黑哥哥作家 + 文笔特别soothing的同时又非常有力量
0 有用 贺戟 2024-05-08 05:43:42 美国
所有的相遇都是不同个体承载着的不同沉重过往的碰撞，或激烈或平缓，或愤慨或温情，但绝少可能是所谓中立客观的观察。Baldwin步入北欧小镇，既在寻找他者也在成为别人眼中的他者——他不可能坦然面对刻在自己肌肤上那些由历史刻下的伤疤。怀着剧痛坦然、诚实地面对这些充斥权力关系的“encounter”，然后方可能在其中有所洞见。
0 有用 Decem 2023-08-22 07:31:52 美国
很喜欢里面对于和父亲关系的描写，那种看到父亲来了就僵住，恨与和解感觉是每个和父母拧巴的人都能共情的，文笔也是真的好，然后关于doublethink也很有意思（什么）就是讲要学会放下hatred，但同时不忘injustice，文笔和思想都很动人，震耳发聩：“（弱势群体）必须永远保留两种看似相互对立的观念。第一个是接受，完全没有怨恨地接受生活如其现状，接受人如其本性：根据这个观念，不言而喻的是，不公平... 很喜欢里面对于和父亲关系的描写，那种看到父亲来了就僵住，恨与和解感觉是每个和父母拧巴的人都能共情的，文笔也是真的好，然后关于doublethink也很有意思（什么）就是讲要学会放下hatred，但同时不忘injustice，文笔和思想都很动人，震耳发聩：“（弱势群体）必须永远保留两种看似相互对立的观念。第一个是接受，完全没有怨恨地接受生活如其现状，接受人如其本性：根据这个观念，不言而喻的是，不公平是司空见惯的。但这并不意味着可以自满，因为第二个观念同样强大：在自己的生活中，绝不能接受这些不公平，而必须全力与之抗争。然而，这场斗争始于心灵，现在我被赋予的任务是保持自己的心灵远离仇恨和绝望。” (展开)
0 有用 fugue 2022-09-25 02:29:27 美国
They face each other—the negro and the African—over a gulf of three hundred years. An alienation too be conquered in an evening’s good will. Too heavy, and too double edged ever to be trapped in speec... They face each other—the negro and the African—over a gulf of three hundred years. An alienation too be conquered in an evening’s good will. Too heavy, and too double edged ever to be trapped in speech. — Baldwin, Notes of a Native Son (展开)
0 有用 QuietAmbassa 2022-07-20 07:50:15
Jimmy doesn’t like Uncle Tom’s cabin or little women
1 有用 helenharris 2021-12-06 18:54:32
“This world is white no longer, and it will never be white again.”