James Baldwin / ANOTHER COUNTRY 1st Edition 1962

Description: ANOTHER COUNTRY Author: Baldwin, James Title: ANOTHER COUNTRY Publication: New York, NY: The Dial Press, 1962 Edition: First Edition, First Printing, First State Dust Jacket Description: Octavo, 436 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good condition dust jacket. Aged white spine with black and brown lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price uncut "$5.95", has mild age-toning throughout, has mild wear along the edges, mild bending wear along the head edges, a small tear along the front tail edge, mild wear along the fore corners, a small tear along the rear fore tail edge, and moderate wear along the spine head and tail edges. Boards are wrapped in publisher's black cloth, have mild age-toning along the head and tail edges, mild wear along the head and tail edges, a small dent on the front board, and mild wear along the spine. Textblock has moderate age-toning along the edges, mild wear along the tail edge, and staining along the head edge. DL consignment. Shelved in Case 5. NOTES James Baldwin began work on "Another Country" while living in Greenwich Village, NYC in 1948 before moving to Paris late that year where he continued his work on the novel. Baldwin would move back to New York in 1957, and ultimately finished work on "Another Country" while briefly residing in Istanbul."Another Country" first follows Rufus Scott, a jazz drummer who enters into a relationship with a white woman who he abuses, and after a stint in a mental hospital, Rufus commits suicide, leading the rest of the novel to explore his friends and family's reactions and relationships following his death. The novel would tackle many topics considered at the time to be taboo including homo- and bisexuality, interracial couples, and extramarital affairs. The use of such taboo topics garnered the novel a litany of negative reviews, from Black Panther member Eldrige Cleaver's condemnation of the novels depiction of black masculinity believing it "feminized" the black man, to being outright banned in New Orleans and the Australian commonwealth.Despite these controversies, "Another Country" was and remains a popular novel, landing itself in Anthony Burgess' essay "Ninety-nine Novels: The best in English since 1939", published in 1984. Seller ID: 1386248 Subject: Dupont Circle, Literature Welcome to the eBay store of Second Story Books! DC's Oldest Rare and Used Bookstore, Second Story Books operates two open shops in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. We have an extensive internet presence and provide accredited appraisals member ASA.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

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