This Morning, This Evening, So Soon (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: James Baldwin
- First Published: 1960
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: The 1950's
- Setting: Paris
- Principal Characters: The narrator, Harriet, Paul, Jean Luc Vidal
- Genres: Social realism, Short fiction
- Subjects: 1950’s, African Americans, United States or Americans, Acting or actors, Racism, Blacks, France or French people, Europe or Europeans, Paris, Singing or singers
- Locales: Paris, France
The Story
On the eve of the narrator and his family's departure for the United States after twelve years of residence in Paris, the narrator is being chided by his wife and visiting sister about his nightmares. He is worried about his return to the racist United States after such a long absence and what effect it will have on his multiracial family and his career.
The story is structured around a series of social interactions. The first concerns the narrator's family and his Paris existence. He puts his son to bed in the concierge's apartment, and his wife and sister go...
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