{"product_id":"9780679744726","title":"The Fire Next Time","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - The book that galvanized the nation, gave voice to the emerging civil rights movement in the 1960s - and still lights the way to understanding race in America today.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The finest essay I've ever read.\" - Ta-Nehisi Coates\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin's early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice, the book is an intensely personal and provocative document from the iconic author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIf Beale Street Could Talk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGo Tell It on the Mountain.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt consists of two \"letters,\" written on the occasion of the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, that exhort Americans, both black and white, to attack the terrible legacy of racism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDescribed by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e as \"sermon, ultimatum, confession, deposition, testament, and chronicle ... all presented in searing, brilliant prose,\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Fire Next Time\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e stands as a classic of literature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Baldwin, James","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48713805168894,"sku":"9780679744726","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0556\/1532\/4335\/files\/The_Fire_Next_Time.png?v=1787107109","url":"https:\/\/wanderingraccoonbooks.com\/products\/9780679744726","provider":"Wandering Raccoon Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}