Another Country Lib/E (Audiobook)

from CardiffGiant

Another Country is James Baldwin's finest novel. While earlier works (Go Tell it...) approach issues of race, sexuality and gender differences from a more safe, calculated perspective, Another Country reveals boldly all that is uncomfortable in the American landscape. As always, Baldwin's charact...

from fhudnell

I am appalled that it took me so long to read Baldwin, but I am gradually correcting my outrageous neglect of this important author. He was a tremendously skillful writer. This character-driven book is about a group of authors, musicians, actors and a few others who come together in New York City...

from NativeRoses

Baldwin's honest portrayal of love, desire, despair, and how we succeed and fail with those we love. In moving scenes, his characters visit Baldwin's other country of love when they connect deeply across gender, race, class, and sexual preference differences to show how much pain love can overcom...

from CatEllington

"You can determine the caliber of a man by the amount of opposition it takes to discourage him." - Rocky Balboa That powerful and legenday quote comes to mind when I consider the James Baldwin masterpiece, Another Country. Set in the 1950s, this Baldwin classic conquers every aspect of American s...

from dbsovereign

Despite the fact that this book seems a bit dated today, it manages to capture a very special time in our history. Dealing with issues of sexual identity and race relations like no other book before it was published, this was a groundbreaking novel.