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Another Country

By James Baldwin
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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Another Country by James Baldwin is a powerful exploration of love, identity, and race in 1950s America. It follows the lives of a diverse group of characters navigating personal struggles and complex relationships in New York City. Through their interwoven stories, the novel delves into themes of alienation, desire, and the search for acceptance.
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This novel may appeal to you if you enjoy powerful explorations of race, sexuality, and identity within the vibrant backdrop of 1950s and 1960s New York City. James Baldwin's intricate portrayal of complex characters and their emotional struggles offers a profound and poignant narrative that challenges societal norms and invites deep reflection.

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Another Country

After Rufus Scott, an embittered and unemployed black jazz-musician commits suicide, his sister Ida and old friend Vivaldo become lovers. Yet their feelings for each other are complicated by Rufus's friends, especially the homosexual actor Eric Jones who has been Vivaldo's lover.

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Published in 1962, this is an emotionally intense novel of love, hatred, race, and liberal America in the 1960s. Set in Greenwich Village, Harlem, and France, Another Country tells the story of the suicide of jazz-musician Rufus Scott and the friends who search for an understanding of his life and death, discovering uncomfortable truths about themselves along the way.

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James Baldwin's work is celebrated as a masterwork, delivering a powerful and emotional experience noted by The Washington Post. Reviewers highlight Baldwin's crucial role in American literature, with Saturday Review emphasising his importance, and The New Yorker praising his refined talent. The Sunday Times suggests Baldwin's work serves as a formidable influence on contemporary novelists, while Colm Tóibín regards Another Country as a pivotal piece of American drama.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141186375

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 11 September 2001

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

  • Introduction by Colm Tóibín

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 19.0mm

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 306g

Pages: 448

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Fiction General Fiction James Baldwin Literary Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Classics Series: Penguin Modern Classics

About the Author

Born in Harlem in 1924, Baldwin had an early career as a teenage preacher. He lived in Paris from 1948-1956 and his first novels, the autobiographical GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN and GIOVANNI'S ROOM established him as a promising novelist and anticipated some of the themes of his later works, such as racism and sexuality. He became a prominent spokesperson for racial equality, especially during the civil rights movement. He lived in France during his last years. Baldwin died in 1987.

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