
The Fire Next Time
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books
'It demands great spiritual resilience not to hate the hater whose foot is on your neck, and an even greater miracle of perception and charity not to teach your child to hate'
Told in the form of two intensely personal 'letters', The Fire Next Time is an excoriating condemnation of the terrible legacy of racial injustice, drawn from Baldwin's early life in Harlem and his experience as a prominent cultural figure of the civil rights movement.
Author: James Baldwin
Format: Paperback, 128 pages, 112mm x 182mm, 83 g
Published: 2025, Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom
Genre: General & Literary Fiction
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90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books
'It demands great spiritual resilience not to hate the hater whose foot is on your neck, and an even greater miracle of perception and charity not to teach your child to hate'
Told in the form of two intensely personal 'letters', The Fire Next Time is an excoriating condemnation of the terrible legacy of racial injustice, drawn from Baldwin's early life in Harlem and his experience as a prominent cultural figure of the civil rights movement.

The Fire Next Time