Chester B Himes A Biography
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Chester B Himes A Biography
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Author : Lawrence P. Jackson
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2017-07-25
Chester B Himes A Biography written by Lawrence P. Jackson and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-25 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Winner of the 2018 Edgar Award for Best Critical/Biographical Work A Washington Post Notable Book The definitive biography of the groundbreaking African American author who had an extraordinary legacy on black writers globally. Chester B. Himes has been called “one of the towering figures of the black literary tradition” (Henry Louis Gates Jr.), “the best writer of mayhem yarns since Raymond Chandler” (San Francisco Chronicle), and “a quirky American genius” (Walter Mosely). He was the twentieth century’s most prolific black writer, captured the spirit of his times expertly, and left a distinctive mark on American literature. Yet today he stands largely forgotten. In this definitive biography of Chester B. Himes (1909–1984), Lawrence P. Jackson uses exclusive interviews and unrestricted access to Himes’s full archives to portray a controversial American writer whose novels unflinchingly confront sex, racism, and black identity. Himes brutally rendered racial politics in the best-selling novel If He Hollers Let Him Go, but he became famous for his Harlem detective series, including Cotton Comes to Harlem. A serious literary tastemaker in his day, Himes had friendships—sometimes uneasy—with such luminaries as Ralph Ellison, Carl Van Vechten, and Richard Wright. Jackson’s scholarship and astute commentary illuminates Himes’s improbable life—his middle-class origins, his eight years in prison, his painful odyssey as a black World War II–era artist, and his escape to Europe for success. More than ten years in the writing, Jackson’s biography restores the legacy of a fascinating maverick caught between his aspirations for commercial success and his disturbing, vivid portraits of the United States.
My Life Of Absurdity
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Author : Chester B. Himes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
My Life Of Absurdity written by Chester B. Himes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The author shares the experiences of his later years as an internationally known writer in Paris' expatriate cafe society
The Quality Of Hurt
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Author : Chester B. Himes
language : en
Publisher: Michael Joseph
Release Date : 1973
The Quality Of Hurt written by Chester B. Himes and has been published by Michael Joseph this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with African American novelists categories.
The Autobiography Of Chester Himes The Quality Of Hurt
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Author : Chester B. Himes
language : en
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Release Date : 1972
The Autobiography Of Chester Himes The Quality Of Hurt written by Chester B. Himes and has been published by Doubleday Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Chester Himes
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Author : James Sallis
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2022-03-08
Chester Himes written by James Sallis and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-08 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
“[A] smart, conscientious, often stylish biography” of the great African American crime writer of the mid-twentieth century (The New York Times). Best known for The Harlem Cycle, the series of crime stories featuring Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones, Chester Himes was a novelist and memoirist whose work was neglected and underappreciated in his native America during the 1950s and ’60s, even as he was awarded France’s most prestigious crime fiction prize. In this major biography, literary critic and fellow writer James Sallis examines the life of this “fascinating figure,” combining interviews of those who knew Himes best—including his second wife—with insightful and poignant writing (Publishers Weekly). “Himes wrote some of the 20th century’s most memorable crime fiction and has been compared to Jim Thompson, Raymond Chandler, and Dashiell Hammett. His life was just as spectacular as his novels. Sentenced to 25 years in prison for armed robbery when he was 19, he turned to writing while behind bars and, when released after serving eight years, published two novels. Their poor reception by the white establishment only confirmed Himes’s beliefs about racism in America. He eventually moved to Paris, spending most of the rest of his life abroad. While in Paris, he began to produce the crime fiction that would make him famous, including A Rage in Harlem and Cotton Comes to Harlem . . . [a] riveting biography.” —Library Journal (starred review) “Satisfying, thoughtful, long-overdue.” —Publishers Weekly “As intelligent, and as much fun to read, as a book by Himes himself. There is no higher praise.” —The Times (London)
Conversations With Chester Himes
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Author : Chester B. Himes
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 1995
Conversations With Chester Himes written by Chester B. Himes and has been published by Univ. Press of Mississippi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Himes was equally revealing in the many interviews he granted during his long and tumultuous career in America and France.
The Autobiography Of Chester Himes
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Author : Chester B. Himes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
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The Autobiography Of Chester Himes My Life Of Absurdity
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Author : Chester B. Himes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
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My Life Of Absurdity
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Author : Chester B. Himes
language : en
Publisher: Paragon House Publishers
Release Date : 1972
My Life Of Absurdity written by Chester B. Himes and has been published by Paragon House Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This second volume in the autobiography of legendary writer Chester Himes talkes the reader into the heart of Paris expatriate cafe society in the 1950s, offering fascinating glimpse of lovers, three continents, and other black men like himself making their way as writers: Richard Wright, James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison.
The Quality Of Hurt
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Author : Chester B. Himes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995-11-01
The Quality Of Hurt written by Chester B. Himes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-11-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Offers a look at the author's early life in the Black ghetto and his later literary success