Exiled in Paris : Richard Wright, James Baldwin, Samuel Beckett, and others on the Left Bank / James Campbell.

Author
Campbell, James, 1951- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : Scribner, ©1995.
Description
xi, 271 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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    From Richard Wright's appearance at the rue de Fleurus apartment of Gertrude Stein until his death fourteen years later, this is the story of the eclectic personalities who fueled the literary and philosophical dramas of the period: James Baldwin, Alexander Trocchi, Boris Vian, and Maurice Girodias.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-260) and index.
    Contents
    • Un enfant du pays : Richard Wright, St.-Germain-des Prés, the little magazines, J'irai cracher sur vos tombes
    • We are outlaws : Alexander Trocchi, Merlin and Samuel Beckett, Paris Review, the English Marquis de Sade
    • We will spit on Boris Vian
    • Normal life is absurd : café culture, Wright and the FBI, Chester Himes, Giovanni's room
    • They're watching us
    • The hounds of decency : the Olympia Press, The Story of O, Merlin's demise
    • Two concise histories : Lolita and The ginger man
    • Points of departure
    • Black on black : Wright and Africa, the "Gibson affair," Baldwin's return
    • The ticket that exploded
    • Black and white Negroes : the Beat Generation, Mailer, the black boy looks at the white boy
    • Waiting for the end, boys : the mysterious death of Wright.
    ISBN
    • 0689121725
    • 9780689121722
    LCCN
    94028102
    OCLC
    30700882
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