Exiled in Paris
Subtitle: Richard Wright, James Baldwin, Samuel Beckett, and others on the Left Bank
By: James Campbell.
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
Subjects: Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 -- Homes and haunts -- France -- Paris.; Beckett, Samuel, 1906- -- Homes and haunts -- France -- Paris.; Baldwin, James, 1924- -- Homes and haunts -- France -- Paris.; Olympia Press (Paris, France); Literature publishing -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th century.; Americans -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th century.; Irish -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th century.; Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.; Authors, Irish -- 20th century -- Biography.; African American authors -- Biography.; Paris (France) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.; Left Bank (Paris, France) -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Description: James Campbell, former editor of the New Edinburgh Review, provides a fresh look at Samuel Beckett's early career; reveals the facts behind the publication of the scandalous best-seller The Story of O and its anonymous author's real life; and tells the complete story of Richard Wright's years in exile.

He captures the sense of deliverance that Wright, so accustomed to daily humiliations in his own country, experienced during his sojourn on the Left Bank, where, for the first time in his life, he was treated as a great man of letters. Here, too, are all the circumstances surrounding Wright's mysterious death, which many close to him regarded as suspicious. Exiled in Paris is a book that adds immeasurably to our understanding of a crucial period in the history and literature of the twentieth century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-260) and index.