Just Above My Head -- James Baldwin, Paperback

James Baldwin's final novel is "the work of a born storyteller at the height of his powers" (The New York Times Book Review).

"Not everything is lost. Responsibility cannot be lost, it can only be abdicated. If one refuses abdication, one begins again."

The stark grief of a brother mourning a brother opens this stunning, unforgettable novel. Here, in a monumental saga of love and rage, James Baldwin goes back to Harlem, to the church of his groundbreaking novel Go Tell It on the Mountain, to the forbidden passion of Giovanni's Room, and to the political fire that enflames his nonfiction work. Here, too, the story of gospel singer Arthur Hall and his family becomes both a journey into another country of the soul and senses--and a living contemporary history of black struggle in this land.

Author: James Baldwin
Publisher: Delta
Published: 06/13/2000
Pages: 592
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780385334563

Review Citation(s):
New Yorker (The) 02/09/2009 pg. 108

About the Author
James Baldwin (1924-1987) was a novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic. His first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain, appeared in 1953 to excellent reviews, and his essay collections Notes of a Native Son and The Fire Next Time were 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.