Another Country
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st aus ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
A landmark work of American literary fiction, Another Country chronicles the lives of a group of friends in 1960s New York City as they navigate the devastating aftermath of a jazz musician's tragic death. Baldwin unflinchingly examines race, sexuality, grief, and desire, illustrating how these forces collide and fracture even the most intimate human connections. Written with searing emotional intensity, the novel presents a portrait of mid-century America that refuses to look away from the wounds inflicted by racism and repression. Baldwin argues, through the raw and often painful relationships of his characters, that love itself is a battleground shaped by the social and political forces that surround it. Another Country stands as one of the most courageous and enduring novels of the twentieth century, a work that continues to resonate with urgent, uncompromising truth.
Author: James Baldwin
Format: Hardback
Published: 1966, Michael Joseph
Genre: Modern fiction
Edition: 1st aus ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
A landmark work of American literary fiction, Another Country chronicles the lives of a group of friends in 1960s New York City as they navigate the devastating aftermath of a jazz musician's tragic death. Baldwin unflinchingly examines race, sexuality, grief, and desire, illustrating how these forces collide and fracture even the most intimate human connections. Written with searing emotional intensity, the novel presents a portrait of mid-century America that refuses to look away from the wounds inflicted by racism and repression. Baldwin argues, through the raw and often painful relationships of his characters, that love itself is a battleground shaped by the social and political forces that surround it. Another Country stands as one of the most courageous and enduring novels of the twentieth century, a work that continues to resonate with urgent, uncompromising truth.