";s:4:"text";s:4237:" As he is in the hospital he thinks back on episodes of his life, in non-chronological order. It is this authenticity of description and experience that allows you to become so involved and invested in the stories and the journeys of his characters.
It was almost as though Baldwin had, early on, said "I've got something you need to hear."
Jerry, their white friend, was Barbara's partner for a while, before Barbara revealed her love for Leo. One of Leo's lovers, "Black Christopher", is a significant political and emotional figure in the novel. It is a book that is angry and tender and also hopeful.
It's a bloated, floaty, drifting novel that jumps timelines and burns slowly, but Baldwin dazzled me with his ability to make me want to spend a lot of time with this caThree and a half stars? It's a bloated, floaty, drifting novel that jumps timelines and burns slowly, but Baldwin dazzled me with his ability to make me want to spend a lot of time with this cast, despite not viewing them highly as human beings. Engaging enough to read all 484 pages in 8 days during the school year. There's no real reason this book needs to be so long. The woman, Barbara, is white and that is a big deal. Get 50% off this audiobook at the AudiobooksNow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet.
We're invited to draw parallels between the roles a black man of this era is limited to in life and in the world of the performing arts. Christopher's friends are all African-American, and his life centers on the struggle for racial justice. Baldwin can take a cast of characters on a journey without a solid plot and create a fire. This book will truly move your heart and mind, and push you grapple with your own conI picked up this book after a long period of reading either non-fiction or science fiction and fantasy. The devastatingly beautiful reflections in prose, deep understanding of humanity, and unapologetic political blackness are all pretty typical for Baldwin, but they especially grabbed me here, and are ultimately what kept this novel afloat for me.I won’t bury the lede: Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone is one of my favorite works of 20th century literature; if you haven’t read it (or haven’t read Baldwin) you should consider that a gap worthy of being filled post haste. A look back at the life and struggles of Leo Proudhammer, as he recuperates from a near-fatal heart attack. From this gentle piece of absurdism, he switches suddenly and brutally to the point: there was no border as sharp and dangerouEarly in this novel, Baldwin devotes a few pages to a humorous comparison of the ways French, Swiss and Italian border guards behave: the French being rude and inefficient, the Swiss intensely serious, efficient and systematic, the Italians rather surprised that one had bothered to visit their country but delighted all the same and not remotely concerned about the rules. 4:30. Leo Proudhammer, an African-American actor who grew up in Barbara, a white woman, and Leo, a black man, are artistic partners for life—sometimes sexual partners, sometimes not. There's no real reason this book needs to be so long. I was aware of her hand. The sun comes up, out from the west, Up pops the same old moon, Same as the train to explain There'll be another choo-choo soon! , Brit Bennett’s bestselling debut, These don't do as much as they should, though, and in the end, it leaves {2.5 Stars} To be frank, I'm not the most well versed in Baldwin's literature (yet), but in comparison to what I have read of his so far, this novel missed the mark for me. I preferred the parts of the book that dealt with the theater, but the parts about Leo's childhood in Harlem felt like I'd read them before in other Baldwin books and a lot of the book was pretty boring.