Jan 7, 2009
Another Country | Another Country
At a glance:
- Author: James Baldwin
- First Published: 1962
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: The late 1950’s
- Setting: New York City and Southern France
- Principal Characters: Rufus Scott, Leona, Ida Scott, Vivaldo (Danny) Moore, Eric Jones, Yves, Cass (Clarissa) Silenski, Richard Silenski, Steve Ellis
- 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
The Novel
Another Country tells the stories of artists, mainly in New York, struggling to love and
be loved amid the complexities of racism, sexism, and homophobia. James Baldwin divided the novel
into three parts.
“Book One: Easy Rider” begins by narrating the last day of Rufus Scott’s
life in a November in the late 1950’s, with digressions that show how he has come to the point
of suicide. Then it shows his white friends responding to his death. This book ends the following
March, when Vivaldo Moore begins an affair with Ida Scott.
“Book Two:...
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