Even though this can be taken literally, the larger meaning reflects African-Americans’ inner struggles against racism, nationalism, and sexism. This also reflects how parents in real life tend to neglect the real needs of their kids due to their own stress or jobs.Īnother Country by James Baldwin is available for checkout from the Mission Viejo Library. James Baldwin’s Another Country is a story about African-Americans searching for a country of their own. Both people are not excellent parents but they still love their kids in my opinion. This novel paints a picture of New York City in the 1950s through characters weaving their ways. While Baldwin tackles tough themes that are still relevant today, he does it in the most beautiful way. One person has an affair, and the marriage breaks. In Episode 55, Gen and Jette discuss their first James Baldwin novel, Another Country, and they are in love. Actually opened my eyes in so many regards a little further. Moving on the marriage between Cass and Richard pretty much presents a typical style of American life. 15 Bookmate Another Country, James Baldwin: Absolutely stunning piece of work. But what he doesn’t know is that he’s got a family there to support him, or at least half of the family. Only with Rufus Scott, he goes to the extreme and directly suicides. At one point during our lives, we wonder what really is the point of life or why should we exist on this earth? I get tired of constantly changing faces and hiding my real self as if happiness was only mask on my face, I only peel it off when I go into my room and throw it in the trashcan. Then, rather than proceed as he had planned to Africaa part of. James Baldwins masterly story of desire, hatred and violence opens with the unforgettable character of Rufus Scott, a scavenging Harlem jazz musician adrift in New York. Feeling more than usually restless, James Baldwin flew from New York to Paris in the late summer of 1961, and from there to Israel. Initially, Rufus Scott is definitely a character that me, or almost everyone can relate with. When Another Country appeared in 1962, it caused a literary sensation. But because over the course of the period I have became the biggest of the James Baldwin I eventually decided to read it at last. Of course at first this book sounded somewhat uncomfortable to me and I really didn’t want to read it. This novel explores all aspects of maturity, including homosexuality, marriage, death and friendship.