Another Country (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: James Baldwin
- First Published: 1962
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: Mid-twentieth century
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: 1950’s, United States or Americans, Racism, Sexism, France or French people, Gay men, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Love or romance, Race, Sex or sexuality, Suicide
- Locales: New York, NY, France, Greenwich Village, Harlem, NY
Places Discussed
*New York City. Great northern city in whose borough of Manhattan most of the novel’s action unfolds. New York plays a determining role in the lives of the book’s eight principal characters. To the two southerners, it is a magnet that has drawn them from native surroundings that they regard as limiting and unsatisfactory in their search for a more stimulating life. Manhattan has also formed the novel’s two African American characters, Rufus Scott and his younger sister Ida, culturally and socially. The lone married couple of the novel, Richard and Cass...
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