Letter to Jimmy by Mabanckou, Alain

Letter to Jimmy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781593766016)

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Letter to Jimmy by Mabanckou, Alain

Letter to Jimmy

$14.95
Letter to Jimmy by Mabanckou, Alain

Letter to Jimmy

$14.95
Format: Paperback
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Written on the twentieth anniversary of James Baldwin's death, Letter to Jimmy is African writer Alain Mabanckou's ode to his literary hero and an effort to place Baldwin's life in context within the greater African diaspora.



Author: Alain Mabanckou
ISBN-10: 1593766017
ISBN-13: 9781593766016
Publisher: Catapult
Language: English
Published: 12/16/2014
Pages: 178
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.60d
Award: Lambda Literary Awards - Finalist

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 10/15/2014 pg. 10
Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2014
Library Journal 11/15/2014 pg. 85
Publishers Weekly 11/24/2014
Shelf Awareness 12/23/2014
By Alain Mabanckou
By Alain Mabanckou
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Alain Mabanckou is a novelist, journalist, poet, and academic. A French citizen born in Republic of the Congo, he currently lives in Los Angeles, where he teaches literature and creative writing at UCLA. His books include African Psycho, Letter to Jimmy, Black Bazaar, Tomorrow I'll Be Twenty, The Lights of Pointe-Noire, and Black Moses. Mabanckou has twice been a finalist for the Man Booker International Prize, in 2015 and 2017.

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