书籍介绍
这不是一本供人收藏的优美散文集，而是一份带着体温与怒火的现场记录。詹姆斯·鲍尔温在哈莱姆的童年、马丁·路德·金与马尔科姆·X之死、重返暴烈的美国南方——这些并非背景板，而是他逼问时代的切口。本书最锋利处，在于他毫不留情地剖开所谓自由派知识分子的体面：他们高谈“遏制共产主义”，却对黑人的苦难袖手，用公式与学理为暴行开脱。读者反复提及的，正是这种“没有激情的犀利却直指人心”的力量。它适合那些不愿停留在口号式愤怒、想看清特权如何以理性之名运作的人。五十年过去，书中所指的歧视并未消失，这恰是它此刻仍被反复翻开的理由。
作者简介
James Baldwin (1924–1987) was a novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic. His first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain, appeared in 1953 to excellent reviews, and his essay collections Notes of a Native Son and The Fire Next Time were bestsellers that made him an influential figure in the growing civil rights movement. Baldwin spent much of his life in France, where he moved to escape the racism and homophobia of the United States. He died in France in 1987, a year after being made a Commander of the French Legion of Honor.
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核心看点
- 本书是詹姆斯·鲍德温对六十年代动荡美国最愤怒、最绝望的记录，深入剖析了马丁·路德·金与马尔科姆·X遇刺事件对他造成的精神创伤，以及他重返美国南方直面暴力现实的痛苦历程，展现了旧世界死亡与新秩序诞生时的剧烈阵痛。
- 作者以极具个人色彩的笔触，回顾了自己塑造早期意识的哈莱姆童年，并严厉批判了当时所谓‘文明’的知识分子辩论如何在真空中进行，无视国家日益加剧的混乱与耻辱，揭露了种族主义与伪善的社会结构对个体的压迫与异化。
- 书中探讨了爱国主义在种族压迫语境下的矛盾性，质疑当一个人爱全人类时，对国家的忠诚是否还有意义。鲍德温通过个人经历与政治批判的交织，揭示了边缘化群体在寻找归属感和家园过程中的艰难，以及社会等级制度中隐含的暴力与不公。
读者共识
- 读者普遍认为鲍德温是极具力量的散文家，其文字虽无华丽辞藻，但充满绝望、真诚与深沉的忧伤，令人动容。尽管部分读者因缺乏历史背景而感到阅读困难，但均认可其内容的吸引力与发人深省的价值，认为其深刻揭示了种族歧视问题的顽固性与复杂性。
- 多数读者指出，尽管距离书中描述的事件已过去半个多世纪，但美国乃至全球在种族歧视、社会不公等问题上并未显著改善，书中批判的现实依然具有强烈的当代相关性。读者对鲍德温直面暴力与压迫的勇气表示敬佩，认为其作品具有超越时代的警示意义。
- 读者对书中揭露的知识分子伪善及社会背叛行为表示震惊与反思，认为鲍德温对‘文明’辩论的批判切中时弊。尽管部分读者对书中激烈的政治立场持保留态度，但普遍认可其作为历史文献与个人见证的价值，认为其展现了边缘群体在压迫中寻找家园的艰难与尊严。
精彩摘录
- "My friend's stepdaughter is young, considers herself a militant, and we had a brief argument concerning Bill Styron's Nat Turner, which I suggested that she read before condemning. This rather shocked the child, whose militancy, like that of many, tends to be a matter of indigestible fury and slogan"
- "I had come home to a city in which nearly everyone was gracelessly scurrying for shelter, in which friends were throwing their friends to the wolves, and justifying their treachery by learned discourses (and tremendous tomes) on the treachery of the Comintern. Some of the things written during those"
- "Nevertheless, this learned, civilized, intellectual-liberal debate cheerfully raged in its vacuum, while every hour brought more distress and confusion -- and dishonor -- to the country they claimed to love. The pretext for all this, of course, was the necessity of "containing" Communism, which they"
- "An old world is dying, and a new one, kicking in the belly of its mother, time, announces that it is ready to be born. This birth will not be easy, and many of us are doomed to discover that we are exceedingly clumsy midwives. No matter, so long as we accept that our responsibility is to the newborn"
用户评论
迷上Baldwin，无可救药
2021.06.01-10.27 五十年了一切都没有变好。可惜的是现在不再有像马丁路德金、Malcolm X、black panther这样的人了。
Dr Diamond的《黑色大西洋》！看的我几乎落泪呜呜呜，Marginalised的community要怎么才能找到家？我感觉Baldwin是我读过最好的essayist，真的是deeply personal但fiercely political，像火一样的热情又有深沉的忧伤和优美的情感，看的无比动容（老师好会讲呜呜呜，家是有你共同的压迫的地方，但同时你又要离开，你要elevate yourself...各种dichotomy都讲的特别好！
钱佳楠推荐 https://www.douban.com/note/771071553/
要查一下历史才明白作者在说什么。
后半本非常非常powerful 虽然语言没有很激烈 也不具有多强的文学性 但Baldwin通过纸页传达出了一种绝望和真诚
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