The damn‘d blood burst, first through his nostrils, then pounded through the veins in his neck, the scarlet torrent exploded through his mouth, it reached his eyes and blinded him, and brought Arthur down, down, down, down, down.
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#FirstLineFridays
I almost missed out on today‘s #AudibleDailyDeal I got it just in time. Phew!
“Love must be the rarest, most precious thing on earth, brother, where is it hiding?” -Just Above My Head, James Baldwin
pickSo many novels that are written now are so incredibly narcissistic, that Baldwin‘s wide-ranging novel is a breath of fresh air. The story is a family epic of a sort that seems uncommon nowadays: Hall Montana tells the story of his brother Arthur, a famed gospel singer, and the stories of their friends and family. Homosexuality and racism are intertwined with Baldwin‘s signature meditations on the state of culture. Long, complex masterpiece.
pick"Love must be the rarest, most precious thing on earth, brother, where is it hiding?"
This book had me on a ride of a lifetime. I've never had such a hard time reading a novel, yet wanted to continue so bad in my life. James Baldwin never fails to amaze me with the talent he possessed in writing.
(I also took this book on the ride of it's life, hence its beat up looks ?)
pickA gorgeous, incredible novel. Maybe my favorite Baldwin book.
"passion, apart from its tense relation to agony, labors beneath the shadow of death. Passion is terrifying, it can rock you, change you, bring your head under, as when a wind rises from the bottom of the sea, and you're out there in the craft of your mortality, alone."
"Not many people are present in time of trouble--if you doubt me, I dare you: to get in trouble"
Day 4. Some diverse reading. #POCAuthors #weneeddiversebooks #somethingforsept
Just Above My Head | 
