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Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone is James Baldwin 's fourth novel, first published in 1968. Plot. Leo Proudhammer, an African-American actor who grew up in Harlem and later moved into Greenwich Village, has a heart attack while on stage.
- James Baldwin
- 1968
James Baldwin. 4.30. 4,096 ratings424 reviews. 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.
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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.
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In this tender, impassioned fourth novel, James Baldwin created one of his most striking characters: a man struggling to become himself. 'Everyone wishes to be loved, but in the event, nearly no one can bear it' At the height of his theatrical career, the actor Leo Proudhammer is nearly felled by a heart attack.
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17. Sept. 2013 · 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...
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- James Baldwin
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2013
Six years ago, James Baldwin predicted the black revolution that is now changing our society. His new novel, "Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone" is his attempt to recreate, as an artist this...
Author James Baldwin. Series Vintage International. Share Save. Add to Goodreads Look Inside. 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.
