Letter to Jimmy

by Alain Mabanckou

Book Overview

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.

Beginning with a chance encounter with a beggar wandering along a Santa Monica beach--a man whose ragged clothes and unsteady gait remind the author of a character out of one of James Baldwin's novels-- Mabanckou uses...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1593766017
• ISBN13: 9781593766016
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Catapult
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.1"