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Another Country
James Baldwin
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Description for Another Country
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 308.
'A masterwork... an almost unbearable, tumultuous, blood-pounding experience' Washinton Post
When Another Country appeared in 1962, it caused a literary sensation. James Baldwin's masterly story of desire, hatred and violence opens with the unforgettable character of Rufus Scott, a scavenging Harlem jazz musician adrift in New York. Self-destructive, bad and brilliant, he draws us into a Bohemian underworld pulsing with heat, music and sex, where desperate and dangerous characters betray, love and test each other to the limit.
'In Another Country, Baldwin created the essential American drama of the century' Colm Tóibín
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141186375
SKU
9780141186375
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Ref
99-2
About James Baldwin
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Another Country
A masterwork... an almost unbearable, tumultuous, blood-pounding experience
Washington Post
Baldwin is one of the few genuinely indispensable American writers
Saturday Review
A delicate and fine-tuned talent... The book reveals Baldwin's immense will and professionalism
The New Yorker
Let our novelists read Mr Baldwin and tremble. There is a whirlwind loose in the land ... Read more
Washington Post
Baldwin is one of the few genuinely indispensable American writers
Saturday Review
A delicate and fine-tuned talent... The book reveals Baldwin's immense will and professionalism
The New Yorker
Let our novelists read Mr Baldwin and tremble. There is a whirlwind loose in the land ... Read more