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  • Published: 26 February 2018
  • ISBN: 9780241337547
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 64
  • RRP: $2.50

Dark Days




Fifty new books at £1 each, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics series, from inspiring essays to groundbreaking fiction and poetry

Drawing on his own experiences of prejudice in an America violently divided by race, James Baldwin's searing essays blend the intensely personal with the political to envisage a better world.

'So the club rose, the blood came down, and his bitterness and his anguish and his guilt were compounded'

  • Published: 26 February 2018
  • ISBN: 9780241337547
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 64
  • RRP: $2.50

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Immersive, heart-wrenching

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Classic of the month: Dark Days

In July we explored racism, identity, education and love in James Baldwin’s searing essay collection Dark Days.

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