Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone

Vintage International

De: James Baldwin

Narrado por: Kevin Kenerly

Duración: 14 h y 45 m

Resumen del Editor

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.

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.

For between Leo's childhood on the streets of Harlem and his arrival into the intoxicating world of the theater lies a wilderness of desire and loss, shame and rage. An adored older brother vanishes into prison. There are love affairs with a white woman and a younger black man, each of whom will make irresistible claims on Leo's loyalty.

Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone is overpowering in its vitality and extravagant in the intensity of its feeling.

©1968 James Baldwin (P)2024 Random House Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

"A surpassing achievement, not likely to be equaled in our time."—The Washington Post