Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone, James Baldwin
Book
Literary Fiction
Book
Literary Fiction
Updated: 21 January 2023
| No rape or sexual assault | |
| Rape or sexual assault mentioned in passing (in discussion and/or implied) | |
| Sexual harassment (e.g. verbal or non-consensual touching/grabbing) | |
| Sexual relationship between adult and teenager | |
| Child sexual abuse | |
| Incest | |
| Attempted rape | |
| Rape strongly implied/details surrounding a rape discussed in detail (i.e. the events before/after) | |
| Detailed/vivid description of rape |
Description
The protagonist has a consensual sexual encounter with his older brother. The two later go see a movie where a character was a victim of incest at the hands of her father.
One of the protagonist's love interests discusses her experiences of rape and incest.
The book takes place in the first half of the 20th century in the United States. While the protagonist, a black man, and his love interest, a white woman, are walking along a street in a small town, a bunch of white men proposition her and make suggestive gestures at her.
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