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Oct 27, 2009
Jesse
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Wow. Just... 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 as an author—it takes a while, almost too much effort to get into the story, and then suddenly, unexpectedly you're in an ever-tightening vice, not sure how the hell Baldwin got you there before you even managed to n ...more
Perhaps this has to do with how perplexing Baldwin is as an author—it takes a while, almost too much effort to get into the story, and then suddenly, unexpectedly you're in an ever-tightening vice, not sure how the hell Baldwin got you there before you even managed to n ...more
I really wanted to like this book, I did. My professor is, as she freely admits, "in love with James Baldwin," and I so hoped that I would be able to share in that wonderful book-loving glow. It was my first experience with Baldwin, and I've always heard such lovely things--I came at this with a lot of excitement. Unfortunately, I can't say by the end of it that I would align myself with Baldwin on an intellectual level--or even that I enjoyed the reading of it. In some ways, "Another Country" r
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