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Walking in the Dark: James Baldwin, My Father, and Me

By (author) Douglas Field

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A moving exploration of the life and work of the celebrated American writer, blending biography and memoir with literary criticism. Since James Baldwinâ€™s death in 1987, his writing â€“ including The Fire Next Time, one of the manifestos of the Civil Rights Movement, and Giovanniâ€™s Room, a pioneering work of gay fiction â€“ has only grown in relevance. Douglas Field was introduced to Baldwinâ€™s essays and novels by his father, who witnessed the writerâ€™s debate with William F. Buckley at Cambridge University in 1965. In Walking in the dark, he embarks on a journey to unravel his life-long fascination and to understand why Baldwin continues to enthral us decades after his death. Tracing Baldwinâ€™s footsteps in France, the US and Switzerland, and digging into archives, Field paints an intimate portrait of the writerâ€™s life and influence. At the same time, he offers a poignant account of coming to terms with his fatherâ€™s Alzheimerâ€™s disease. Interweaving Baldwinâ€™s writings on family, illness, memory and place, Walking in the dark is an eloquent testament to the enduring power of great literature to illuminate our paths. -- .

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