Chester Himes : a life /
Sallis, James, -1944
Chester Himes : a life / James Sallis. - New York : Walker & Co., 2001 - xiv, 368 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. 24 cm.
Originally published: Great Britain : Payback Press, 2000.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-[337]) and index.
Sallis offers a deeply affecting biography of a great American writer and provides what may be the deepest reading yet of Himes's fiction and of its connection to his life. "Sallis brings exceptional depth and empathy to his portrait of Himes and his 'writing demon, ' producing a biography that will stand the test of time".--Ian Rankin Sallis offers a deeply affecting biography of a great American writer and provides what may be the deepest reading yet of Himes's fiction and of its connection to his life. "Sallis brings exceptional depth and empathy to his portrait of Himes and his 'writing demon, ' producing a biography that will stand the test of time".--Ian Rankin Hide
802713629
African American novelists
Novelists, American
PS 3515.I713 / .Sa34 2001
Chester Himes : a life / James Sallis. - New York : Walker & Co., 2001 - xiv, 368 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. 24 cm.
Originally published: Great Britain : Payback Press, 2000.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-[337]) and index.
Sallis offers a deeply affecting biography of a great American writer and provides what may be the deepest reading yet of Himes's fiction and of its connection to his life. "Sallis brings exceptional depth and empathy to his portrait of Himes and his 'writing demon, ' producing a biography that will stand the test of time".--Ian Rankin Sallis offers a deeply affecting biography of a great American writer and provides what may be the deepest reading yet of Himes's fiction and of its connection to his life. "Sallis brings exceptional depth and empathy to his portrait of Himes and his 'writing demon, ' producing a biography that will stand the test of time".--Ian Rankin Hide
802713629
African American novelists
Novelists, American
PS 3515.I713 / .Sa34 2001
