{"product_id":"the-fire-next-time-9780679744726","title":"The Fire Next Time","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - The book that galvanized the nation, gave voice to the emerging civil rights movementin the 1960s--and still lights the way to understanding race in America today. - \"The finest essay I've ever read.\" --Ta-Nehisi Coates\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin's early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice, the book is an intensely personal and provocative document from the iconic author of \u003ci\u003eIf Beale Street Could Talk\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGo Tell It on the Mountain. \u003c\/i\u003eIt consists of two \"letters,\" written on the occasion of the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, that exhort Americans, both black and white, to attack the terrible legacy of racism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDescribed by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e as \"sermon, ultimatum, confession, deposition, testament, and chronicle ... all presented in searing, brilliant prose,\" \u003ci\u003eThe Fire Next Time\u003c\/i\u003e stands as a classic of literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJAMES BALDWIN\u003c\/b\u003e (1924-1987) was a novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eGo Tell It on the Mountain, \u003c\/i\u003e appeared in 1953 to excellent reviews, and his essay collections \u003ci\u003eNotes of a Native Son \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Fire Next Time \u003c\/i\u003ewere bestsellers that made him an influential figure in the growing civil rights movement. Baldwin spent much of his life in France, where he moved to escape the racism and homophobia of the United States. He died in France in 1987, a year after being made a Commander of the French Legion of Honor. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50575608414482,"sku":"9780679744726","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f2903143-0fd1-4ea4-9dc9-33c52f87e274.jpg?v=1737304456","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-fire-next-time-9780679744726","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}