James Baldwin's Turkish Decade: Erotics of Exile

by Magdalena J. Zaborowska and Wilfried Gille

Between 1961 and 1971 James Baldwin spent extended periods of time in Turkey, where he worked on some of his most important books. In this first in-depth exploration of Baldwin's "Turkish decade," Magdalena J. Zaborowska reveals the significant role that Turkish locales, cultures, and friends played in Baldwin's life and thought. Turkey was a nurturing space for the author, who by 1961 had spent nearly ten years in France and Western Europe and failed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822341670
• ISBN13: 9780822341673
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary