{"product_id":"the-fire-next-time-penguin-modern-classics","title":"The Fire Next Time - Penguin Modern Classics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e01\/08\/2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pdp-waterstones-says\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImmensely influential and profoundly moving, Baldwin’s twin letters on his childhood in Harlem and the omnipresent evil of racism in American society were pivotal in the galvanising of the US civil rights movement. Unfailingly eloquent and brimming with passion and heartache,\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Fire Next Time\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eframes the battles of the 1960s in an urgent and ever more relevant context for the modern era.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe landmark work on race in America from James Baldwin, whose life and words are immortalized in the Oscar-nominated film I Am Not Your Negro.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'We, the black and the white, deeply need each other here if we are really to become a nation'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJames Baldwin's impassioned plea to 'end the racial nightmare' in America was a bestseller when it appeared in 1963, galvanising a nation and giving voice to the emerging civil rights movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTold in the form of two intensely personal 'letters',\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Fire Next Time\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis at once a powerful evocation of Baldwin's early life in Harlem and an excoriating condemnation of the terrible legacy of racial injustice. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Sermon, ultimatum, confession, deposition, testament, and chronicle ... all presented in searing, brilliant prose' -\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Baldwin writes with great passion... it reeks of truth, as the ghettoes of New York and London, Chicago and Manchester reek of our hypocrisy' -\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'The great poet-prophet of the civil rights movement ... his seminal work' -\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pdp-spec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePublisher information\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublisher:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"publisher\"\u003ePenguin Books Ltd\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eISBN:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"isbn\"\u003e9780140182750\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNumber of pages:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"numberOfPages\"\u003e96\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDimensions:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"height\"\u003e197\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan itemprop=\"width\"\u003e129\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan itemprop=\"depth\"\u003e7\u003c\/span\u003e mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWeight:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"weight\"\u003e78 g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLanguage:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"inLanguage\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Starlight Library","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":52665636061497,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"IQD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0951\/4624\/6457\/files\/9780140182750-jacket-large.webp?v=1777022199","url":"https:\/\/starlightlibrary.shop\/products\/the-fire-next-time-penguin-modern-classics","provider":"Starlight Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}