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Exiled in Paris : Richard Wright, James Baldwin, Samuel Beckett, and others on the Left Bank / James Campbell.
Author
Campbell, James, 1951-
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
New York : Scribner, ©1995.
Description
xi, 271 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
PS3545.R815 Z613 1995
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Subject(s)
Literature publishing
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France
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Paris
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History
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20th century
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Americans
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France
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Paris
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History
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20th century
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Irish
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France
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Paris
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History
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20th century
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Authors, American
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20th century
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Biography
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Authors, Irish
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20th century
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Biography
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African American authors
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Biography
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Paris (France)
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Intellectual life
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20th century
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Rive gauche (Paris, France)
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Biography
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Olympia Press (Paris, France)
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Wright, Richard 1908-1960
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Homes and haunts
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France
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Paris
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Beckett, Samuel 1906-1989
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Homes and haunts
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France
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Paris
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Baldwin, James 1924-1987
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Homes and haunts
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France
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Paris
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Biographies
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Summary note
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.
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ISBN
0689121725
9780689121722
LCCN
94028102
OCLC
30700882
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