false 334170 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173837835m/334170.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173837835s/334170.jpg Another Country is a novel of passions--sexual, racial, political, artistic--that is stunning for its emotional intensity and haunting sensuality, depicting men and women, blacks and whites, stripped of their masks of gender and race by love and hatred at the most elemental and sublime. In a small set of friends, Baldwin imbues the best and worst intentions of liberal America in the early 1970s.]]> 38474 19 1427427 book 1962 Another Country (Penguin Modern Classics) total:1851|5:938|4:646|3:217|2:34|1:16| 1851 8009 2558 206 10427 4.17 14264 1263 23084460 587238 38474 0141186372 9780141186375 162 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169160124m/38474.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169160124s/38474.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38474.Another_Country 4.34 1483 Another Country is a novel of passions--sexual, racial, political, artistic--that is stunning for its emotional intensity and haunting sensuality, depicting men and women, blacks and whites, stripped of their masks of gender and race by love and hatred at the most elemental and sublime. In a small set of friends, Baldwin imbues the best and worst intentions of liberal America in the early 1970s.]]> 1962 5 2 false Tue May 27 17:59:09 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 18:12:32 -0700 2008 more...]]> 850262 66464 334170 0679744711 9780679744719 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173837835m/334170.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173837835s/334170.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/334170.Another_Country 4.31 333 Another Country is a novel of passions--sexual, racial, political, artistic--that is stunning for its emotional intensity and haunting sensuality, depicting men and women, blacks and whites, stripped of their masks of gender and race by love and hatred at the most elemental and sublime. In a small set of friends, Baldwin imbues the best and worst intentions of liberal America in the early 1970s.]]> 1962 5 3 false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 23 18:24:41 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 16 05:29:40 -0700 2007 more...]]> 73866072 809588 38474 0141186372 9780141186375 162 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169160124m/38474.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169160124s/38474.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38474.Another_Country 4.33 1851 Another Country is a novel of passions--sexual, racial, political, artistic--that is stunning for its emotional intensity and haunting sensuality, depicting men and women, blacks and whites, stripped of their masks of gender and race by love and hatred at the most elemental and sublime. In a small set of friends, Baldwin imbues the best and worst intentions of liberal America in the early 1970s.]]> 1962 5 0 false Mon Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 10:18:43 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 10:33:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 61731533 2268970 38474 0141186372 9780141186375 162 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169160124m/38474.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169160124s/38474.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38474.Another_Country 4.33 1851 Another Country is a novel of passions--sexual, racial, political, artistic--that is stunning for its emotional intensity and haunting sensuality, depicting men and women, blacks and whites, stripped of their masks of gender and race by love and hatred at the most elemental and sublime. In a small set of friends, Baldwin imbues the best and worst intentions of liberal America in the early 1970s.]]> 1962 5 1 false Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Jul 01 01:39:34 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 03:42:53 -0700 2009
"About 100 pages left on the James Baldwin.. all this reading about love and sex has got me in a damn weird mood. I'm thinking, first of all, that I have never connected with anyone in the way that he's describing..in the sense o...more...]]> 75957093 1432036 1436864 0440302005 9780440302001 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256694992m/1436864.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256694992s/1436864.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1436864.Another_Country 4.50 2 Another Country is a novel of passions--sexual, racial, political, artistic--that is stunning for its emotional intensity and haunting sensuality, depicting men and women, blacks and whites, stripped of their masks of gender and race by love and hatred at the most elemental and sublime. In a small set of friends, Baldwin imbues the best and worst intentions of liberal America in the early 1970s.]]> 1962 5 0 false Mon Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Oct 27 18:57:03 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 10 18:42:31 -0800 2009 wow. Kind of weird—my reaction is not declare Another Country a new favorite, I just didn't love it in that way. And yet, and yet, it penetrated deeply, perhaps more deeply than some books I do consider my favorite...

Perhaps this has to do with how perplexing Baldwin is...more...]]> 3730798 229464 334170 0679744711 9780679744719 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173837835m/334170.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173837835s/334170.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/334170.Another_Country 4.33 1851 Another Country is a novel of passions--sexual, racial, political, artistic--that is stunning for its emotional intensity and haunting sensuality, depicting men and women, blacks and whites, stripped of their masks of gender and race by love and hatred at the most elemental and sublime. In a small set of friends, Baldwin imbues the best and worst intentions of liberal America in the early 1970s.]]> 1962 5 1 false Sat Jul 28 22:51:21 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 28 22:53:56 -0700 2007 3483640 217382 38474 0141186372 9780141186375 162 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169160124m/38474.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169160124s/38474.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38474.Another_Country 4.33 1851 Another Country is a novel of passions--sexual, racial, political, artistic--that is stunning for its emotional intensity and haunting sensuality, depicting men and women, blacks and whites, stripped of their masks of gender and race by love and hatred at the most elemental and sublime. In a small set of friends, Baldwin imbues the best and worst intentions of liberal America in the early 1970s.]]> 1962 5 1 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Jul 24 19:56:37 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 24 20:11:12 -0700 2007 71208987 2738167 38474 0141186372 9780141186375 162 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169160124m/38474.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169160124s/38474.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38474.Another_Country 4.33 1851 Another Country is a novel of passions--sexual, racial, political, artistic--that is stunning for its emotional intensity and haunting sensuality, depicting men and women, blacks and whites, stripped of their masks of gender and race by love and hatred at the most elemental and sublime. In a small set of friends, Baldwin imbues the best and worst intentions of liberal America in the early 1970s.]]> 1962 5 0 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 14 13:53:13 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 20:26:35 -0700 2009 this writer, "[James:] Baldwin considered race America’s poison pill. And he deftly portrayed Americans of all colors struggling to concoct their own individual antidotes—solutions that are temporary at best and always crazy-making because, at root, the problem is structural n...more...]]> 45398988 1021812 38474 0141186372 9780141186375 162 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169160124m/38474.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169160124s/38474.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38474.Another_Country 4.33 1851 Another Country is a novel of passions--sexual, racial, political, artistic--that is stunning for its emotional intensity and haunting sensuality, depicting men and women, blacks and whites, stripped of their masks of gender and race by love and hatred at the most elemental and sublime. In a small set of friends, Baldwin imbues the best and worst intentions of liberal America in the early 1970s.]]> 1962 4 0 false Mon Feb 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 16:36:37 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 09:48:38 -0800 2009
Really well written, beautiful passages. It had the ability to pul...more...]]> 14843 1083 38474 0141186372 9780141186375 162 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169160124m/38474.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169160124s/38474.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38474.Another_Country 4.33 1851 Another Country is a novel of passions--sexual, racial, political, artistic--that is stunning for its emotional intensity and haunting sensuality, depicting men and women, blacks and whites, stripped of their masks of gender and race by love and hatred at the most elemental and sublime. In a small set of friends, Baldwin imbues the best and worst intentions of liberal America in the early 1970s.]]> 1962 5 1 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Thu Feb 01 23:03:33 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 16 15:54:57 -0800 2009 80516079 365491 38474 0141186372 9780141186375 162 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169160124m/38474.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169160124s/38474.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38474.Another_Country 4.33 1851 Another Country is a novel of passions--sexual, racial, political, artistic--that is stunning for its emotional intensity and haunting sensuality, depicting men and women, blacks and whites, stripped of their masks of gender and race by love and hatred at the most elemental and sublime. In a small set of friends, Baldwin imbues the best and worst intentions of liberal America in the early 1970s.]]> 1962 4 0 false Tue Dec 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 10 04:50:29 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 24 13:10:34 -0800 2009 more...]]> 70053781 1118970 334170 0679744711 9780679744719 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173837835m/334170.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173837835s/334170.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/334170.Another_Country 4.33 1851 Another Country is a novel of passions--sexual, racial, political, artistic--that is stunning for its emotional intensity and haunting sensuality, depicting men and women, blacks and whites, stripped of their masks of gender and race by love and hatred at the most elemental and sublime. In a small set of friends, Baldwin imbues the best and worst intentions of liberal America in the early 1970s.]]> 1962 3 0 false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 11:16:49 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 06 06:35:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 42694109 1832157 334170 0679744711 9780679744719 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173837835m/334170.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173837835s/334170.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/334170.Another_Country 4.33 1851 Another Country is a novel of passions--sexual, racial, political, artistic--that is stunning for its emotional intensity and haunting sensuality, depicting men and women, blacks and whites, stripped of their masks of gender and race by love and hatred at the most elemental and sublime. In a small set of friends, Baldwin imbues the best and worst intentions of liberal America in the early 1970s.]]> 1962 5 0 true Tue Sep 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jan 11 12:18:14 -0800 2009 Tue Sep 22 18:28:37 -0700 2009 This is me now: :-D
I loved Vivaldo, I liked Cass and Eric and Yves, I dealt with Ida, I felt for Rufus. Rufu...more...]]> 13596717 828264 38474 0141186372 9780141186375 162 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169160124m/38474.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169160124s/38474.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38474.Another_Country 4.33 1851 Another Country is a novel of passions--sexual, racial, political, artistic--that is stunning for its emotional intensity and haunting sensuality, depicting men and women, blacks and whites, stripped of their masks of gender and race by love and hatred at the most elemental and sublime. In a small set of friends, Baldwin imbues the best and worst intentions of liberal America in the early 1970s.]]> 1962 5 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Jan 25 23:23:35 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 01 14:44:37 -0800 2008 more...]]> 13170197 654933 38474 0141186372 9780141186375 162 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169160124m/38474.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169160124s/38474.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38474.Another_Country 4.33 1851 Another Country is a novel of passions--sexual, racial, political, artistic--that is stunning for its emotional intensity and haunting sensuality, depicting men and women, blacks and whites, stripped of their masks of gender and race by love and hatred at the most elemental and sublime. In a small set of friends, Baldwin imbues the best and worst intentions of liberal America in the early 1970s.]]> 1962 5 0 false Tue Jan 22 11:15:02 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 12:45:06 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5846030 359731 38474 0141186372 9780141186375 162 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169160124m/38474.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169160124s/38474.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38474.Another_Country 4.33 1851 Another Country is a novel of passions--sexual, racial, political, artistic--that is stunning for its emotional intensity and haunting sensuality, depicting men and women, blacks and whites, stripped of their masks of gender and race by love and hatred at the most elemental and sublime. In a small set of friends, Baldwin imbues the best and worst intentions of liberal America in the early 1970s.]]> 1962 5 0 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 07 11:04:10 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 02 06:58:12 -0700 2007
For me, the only problematic thing about Another Country--and I don't remember from other Baldwin I have read if th...more...]]> 58891701 712006 334170 0679744711 9780679744719 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173837835m/334170.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173837835s/334170.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/334170.Another_Country 4.33 1851 Another Country is a novel of passions--sexual, racial, political, artistic--that is stunning for its emotional intensity and haunting sensuality, depicting men and women, blacks and whites, stripped of their masks of gender and race by love and hatred at the most elemental and sublime. In a small set of friends, Baldwin imbues the best and worst intentions of liberal America in the early 1970s.]]> 1962 4 0 false Mon Jun 08 13:20:43 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 05:18:19 -0700 2009
While much of the commentary on the relationships between men can be debated, Mr. Baldwin is very convincing when writing about rae relations.

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The characters are highly introspective and articulate. Everyone is tortured and everyone sleeps with everyone else.

I was ...more...]]> 38793379 698826 38474 0141186372 9780141186375 162 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169160124m/38474.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169160124s/38474.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38474.Another_Country 4.33 1851 Another Country is a novel of passions--sexual, racial, political, artistic--that is stunning for its emotional intensity and haunting sensuality, depicting men and women, blacks and whites, stripped of their masks of gender and race by love and hatred at the most elemental and sublime. In a small set of friends, Baldwin imbues the best and worst intentions of liberal America in the early 1970s.]]> 1962 5 0 false Fri Nov 28 03:51:46 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 03:59:09 -0800 2008 Why does ...more...]]> 37869626 153518 5739238 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5739238.Another_Country 2.00 1 1962 2 0 false Sun Dec 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 16 10:49:58 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 08 21:01:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=334170