Another Country by James Baldwin: love and pain; grief and forgiveness
11/13/24 • 64 min
Neha and Shruti discuss Another Country by James Baldwin, a book that follows a group of friends and lovers in New York City in the mid-20th century. We talk about the characters and their relationships, the inaction that fills the novel, and the importance of having 'difficult' conversations with the people you love. We also go on a brief Gossip Girl tangent as we attempt to better understand the characters in this book :)
Links:
Another Country by Claudia Roth Pierpont [The New Yorker]
Jazz by Toni Morrison: violence and ambition [The Novel Tea]
Books mentioned & Shelf Discovery:
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Jazz by Toni Morrison
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
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Neha and Shruti discuss Another Country by James Baldwin, a book that follows a group of friends and lovers in New York City in the mid-20th century. We talk about the characters and their relationships, the inaction that fills the novel, and the importance of having 'difficult' conversations with the people you love. We also go on a brief Gossip Girl tangent as we attempt to better understand the characters in this book :)
Links:
Another Country by Claudia Roth Pierpont [The New Yorker]
Jazz by Toni Morrison: violence and ambition [The Novel Tea]
Books mentioned & Shelf Discovery:
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Jazz by Toni Morrison
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
If you would like to get additional behind-the-scenes content related to this and all of our episodes, subscribe to our free newsletter.
We love to hear from listeners about the books we discuss - you can connect with us on Instagram or by emailing us at [email protected].
This episode description contains links to Bookshop.org, a website that supports independent bookstores. If you use these links we may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Shelf Discovery:
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Books mentioned & Shelf Discovery
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