Exiled in Paris : Richard Wright, James Baldwin, Samuel Beckett, and Others on the Left Bank / James Campbell; ed. by James Campbell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Campbell, James, Author.

Contributor:

Campbell, James, Editor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 p.) : 30 b/w photographs

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2003]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Exiled in Paris provides a compelling look at the personalities who fueled the literary and philosophical dramas of postwar Paris: James Baldwin, Alexander Trocchi, Boris Vian, Maurice Girodias, and many others. James Campbell provides a fresh look at Samuel Beckett's early career; reveals the facts behind the publication of the scandalous best-seller The Story of O; and tells the poignant story of Richard Wright's years in exile. He captures the sense of deliverance that Wright, so accustomed to daily humiliations in his own country, experienced during his sojourn on the Left Bank, where, for the first time in his life, he was treated as a great man of letters. Here, too, are all the circumstances surrounding Wright's mysterious death, which many close to him regarded as suspicious.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword to the 2003 Edition

Acknowledgments

1. Un Enfant du Pays

2. We Are Outlaws

Interlude: We Will Spit on Boris Vian

3. Normal Life Is Absurd

Interlude: They're Watching Us

4. The Hounds of Decency

5. Two Concise Histories: Lolita and The Ginger Man

Interlude: Points of Departure

6. Black on Black

Interlude: The Ticket That Exploded

7. Black and White Negroes

8. Waiting for the End, Boys

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 09. Dez 2023)

ISBN:

0-520-35273-4

OCLC:

1414456141