In another country james baldwin5/10/2023 The divisiveīarriers, on the other hand, he explores as far as sexual jealousy, and there are scenes of violence. These are told frankly and pretty well, the homosexual ones somewhat better because they are less hectic and abrupt. His plotting urges toward the breakdown of the barriersĪnd the recovery of common humanity in love, a love that, in this book, invariably climaxes in sexual bouts. In "Another Country," James Baldwin, who has made a name for himself with two previous novels and two collections of essays, studies the homosexuals and Negroes, often in parallel scenes. There is a modern triad of objects of prejudice: Jews, homosexuals and Negroes. He barriers of prejudice between us create new barriers within us-suspicion, self- contempt, the need for revenge-and these separate us stillįurther. JNot Enough of a World to Grow In By PAUL GOODMAN
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