On the novel’s reception, Baldwin told Studs Terkel, it was “very bewildering. Australian officials admitted to admiring Baldwin, but said his work was “continually smeared with indecent, offensive and dirty epithets and allusions.” The novel was a bestseller but received mixed reviews and was banned in New Orleans and Australia for obscene content. The novel examines the relationships between Rufus's friends after his death. After she is eventually admitted to a mental hospital and his life deteriorates, Rufus commits suicide by jumping off the George Washington Bridge.
Rufus starts a relationship with Leona, a white woman, with whom he becomes deeply enamored however, he also begins to beat her. The book centers around Rufus Scott, a Black jazz drummer in New York City. It took Baldwin over thirteen years to write, and he finished it in Istanbul on a trip he had taken to break out of his creative stalemate.Īnother Country is set in 1950s Greenwich Village, and explores many themes considered risky at the time of publication, including bisexuality, interracial couples, and infidelity. Another Country is a novel by noted American author James Baldwin, first published in 1962 by Dial Press.
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