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Published on Apr 01, 2025 | 2 Hours 54 Minutes
Una conmovedora e íntima reflexión sobre la naturaleza de la raza y la nación estadounidense que ha inspirado a generaciones de escritores y pensadores, publicada en 1963, el mismo año de la Marcha sobre Washington. Con claridad, convicción y pasión, James Baldwin lanza una terrible advertencia sobre los efectos del racismo que sigue siendo urgente sesenta años después. En el primero de dos ensayos, Tembló mi celda. Carta a mi sobrino en el centésimo aniversario de la emancipación, Baldwin ofrece consejos amables e inquebrantables sobre lo que significa ser negro en Estados Unidos y explica la retorcida lógica del racismo estadounidense. En A los pies de la cruz. Carta desde una región de mi mente, Baldwin relata su viaje espiritual hacia la Iglesia tras una crisis religiosa a los catorce años, y su vuelta a ella, así como su encuentro con Elijah Muhammad, el líder de la Nación del Islam. A lo largo de todo el libro, Baldwin nos insta a enfrentarnos a las instituciones opresoras de la raza, la religión y la propia nación, e insiste en que la resiliencia compartida entre negros y blancos es la única forma de avanzar. En la misma medida en que es un ajuste de cuentas con el pasado racista de Estados Unidos, La próxima vez el fuego es también un toque de clarín a la atención, el valor y el amor.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The book that galvanized the nation, gave voice to the emerging civil rights movementin the 1960s—and still lights the way to understanding race in America today. • “The finest essay I’ve ever read.” —Ta-Nehisi Coates
At once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin’s early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice, the book is an intensely personal and provocative document from the iconic author of If Beale Street Could Talk and Go Tell It on the Mountain. It consists of two “letters,” written on the occasion of the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, that exhort Americans, both black and white, to attack the terrible legacy of racism.
Described by The New York Times Book Review as “sermon, ultimatum, confession, deposition, testament, and chronicle … all presented in searing, brilliant prose,” The Fire Next Time stands as a classic of literature.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The book that galvanized the nation, gave voice to the emerging civil rights movementin the 1960s—and still lights the way to understanding race in America today. • “The finest essay I’ve ever read.” —Ta-Nehisi Coates
At once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin’s early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice, the book is an intensely personal and provocative document from the iconic author of If Beale Street Could Talk and Go Tell It on the Mountain. It consists of two “letters,” written on the occasion of the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, that exhort Americans, both black and white, to attack the terrible legacy of racism.
Described by The New York Times Book Review as “sermon, ultimatum, confession, deposition, testament, and chronicle … all presented in searing, brilliant prose,” The Fire Next Time stands as a classic of literature.
Author
James Baldwin
James Baldwin (1924–1987) was a novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic. His first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain, appeared in 1953 to excellent reviews, and his essay collections Notes of a Native Son and The Fire Next Time were bestsellers that made him an influential figure in the growing civil rights movement. Baldwin spent much of his life in France, where he moved to escape the racism and homophobia of the United States. He died in France in 1987, a year after being made a Commander of the French Legion of Honor.
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