| Author: | James Baldwin | ISBN: | 1230000510646 |
| Publisher: | Media Galaxy | Publication: | June 24, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | James Baldwin |
| ISBN: | 1230000510646 |
| Publisher: | Media Galaxy |
| Publication: | June 24, 2015 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
James Arthur Baldwin was an American novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic. His essays, as collected in Notes of a Native Son (1955), explore palpable yet unspoken intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in Western societies, most notably in mid-20th-century America, and their inevitable if unnameable tensions.Some Baldwin essays are book-length, for instance The Fire Next Time (1963), No Name in the Street (1972), and The Devil Finds Work (1976). Antonio Canova is a famous short story by James Arthur Baldwin. The story is about a little boy whose name is Antonio Canova. His father died, that's why he lives with his grandfather who is very poor. The boy is crazy about making a little statue of soft clay. Once Antonio Canova and his grandfather go to the Count's great house, where the boy helps his grandpa to wash the dishes. Suddenly there is a crash in the dining room, and a man rushes into the kitchen with some pieces of marble in his hands. Antonio understands that he can try to make a statue! Is the boy able to help the man? Read this interesting story in order to know the end!
James Arthur Baldwin was an American novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic. His essays, as collected in Notes of a Native Son (1955), explore palpable yet unspoken intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in Western societies, most notably in mid-20th-century America, and their inevitable if unnameable tensions.Some Baldwin essays are book-length, for instance The Fire Next Time (1963), No Name in the Street (1972), and The Devil Finds Work (1976). Antonio Canova is a famous short story by James Arthur Baldwin. The story is about a little boy whose name is Antonio Canova. His father died, that's why he lives with his grandfather who is very poor. The boy is crazy about making a little statue of soft clay. Once Antonio Canova and his grandfather go to the Count's great house, where the boy helps his grandpa to wash the dishes. Suddenly there is a crash in the dining room, and a man rushes into the kitchen with some pieces of marble in his hands. Antonio understands that he can try to make a statue! Is the boy able to help the man? Read this interesting story in order to know the end!
