A Black jazz musician in New York self-destructs through an abusive affair with a white woman and jumps off the George Washington Bridge, and his death exposes the tangled, interracial, and bisexual relationships among the friends and sister he leaves behind in Greenwich Village and beyond.
Books mentioned in Another Country (6)
The Possessed by Fyodor Dostoevsky: “They've got some wild idea out there of making a movie version of The Possessed—The Dostoievski novel”
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky: “It's even been compared to Crime and Punishment—because they both have such a simple story line”
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare: “'It'd be the biggest battle since the Civil War.' 'Or since Romeo and Juliet,' Belle suggested.”
Death in Venice by Thomas Mann: “I can't be sure that one fine day, I won't get all hung up on some boy—like that cat in Death In Venice.”
Victory by Joseph Conrad: “Book Two epigraph — CONRAD, Victory”
Sonnet LXV by William Shakespeare: “Book Three epigraph — SHAKESPEARE, Sonnet LXV”
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On James Baldwin by Colm Tóibín: “In his review of James Baldwin's third novel, Another Country, Lionel Trilling asked...”