No Name in the Street: James Baldwin (Penguin Modern Classics)

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I sin epokgörande essäsamling kartlägger James Baldwin vad det innebär att vara svart i det moderna USA. Baldwin räknas sedan länge till 1900-talets främsta amerikanska författare; tillsammans med Langston Hughes, Richard Wright och Toni Morrison utgör