Letter to Jimmy

by Alain Mabanckou

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"Written on the twentieth anniversary of James Baldwin's death, Letter to Jimmy is African writer Alain Mabanckou's ode to his literary hero and an effort to place Baldwin's life in context within the greater African diaspora. Beginning with a chance encounter with a beggar wandering along a Santa Monica beach-a man whose ragged clothes and unsteady gait remind the author of a character out of one of James Baldwin's novels- Mabanckou uses his own experiences as an African living in the US as a launching pad to take readers on a fascinating tour of James Baldwin's life. As Mabanckou...Read more
  • ISBN10 1619024217
  • ISBN13 9781619024212
  • Publish Date 20 October 2014
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publisher Counterpoint
  • Imprint Soft Skull Press
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 224
  • Language English