sentences:  In the summer of 1951, Baldwin almost suffered a breakdown and his partner, Lucien Happersberger, took him to Leukerbad, an established Swiss health-resort in the Valais Alps.Baldwin declares that, while he is a stranger in the village of Leukerbad, he also feels like a stranger in the village of the United States of America as an African American.The essay is an account of Baldwin's experiences in Leukerbad, Switzerland.