Any thoughts on 'The Fire Next Time' by James Baldwin?

[Clovis]

I haven't read this yet, I've been considering this work by him in particular. Any thoughts on him, this work, or his fictional writing?

[cacian]

"God gave Noah the rainbow sign, no more water but fire next time".
Race and religion heavy stuff.
Can I ask what made you chose it?

[Clovis]

Goodwill thrift.

I'd already read several outlines by reviewers at Amazon. It sounds interesting to me with having read Ellison's Invisible Man a couple years ago, aswell as Achebe's Things Fall Apart.

I figured that an essay could be very interesting, I'd actually thought it was a fiction until I'd read the reviews on Amazon.

[cacian]

It is interesting a book that is an essay I never thought about it that way.
It would be an interesting comparison but I think Achebe's and Baldwin are two very distinct personas because of their cultural background.
Their ideologies are tow very separate worlds.
One is Africa and the other is in America. There sure is to be more differences then there are similarities if similarities is what you are looking.
I guess on is political and the other one is tribal.