Giovanni's Room Giovanni's Room

Giovanni's Room

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Publisher Description

One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'

Baldwin's ground-breaking second novel, which established him as one of the great American writers of his time

David, a young American in 1950s Paris, is waiting for his fiancée to return from vacation in Spain. But when he meets Giovanni, a handsome Italian barman, the two men are drawn into an intense affair. After three months David's fiancée returns and, denying his true nature, he rejects Giovanni for a 'safe' future as a married man. His decision eventually brings tragedy.

Filled with passion, regret and longing, this story of a fated love triangle has become a landmark of gay writing. James Baldwin caused outrage as a black author writing about white homosexuals, yet for him the issues of race, sexuality and personal freedom were eternally intertwined.

'Exquisite... a feat of fire-breathing, imaginative daring' Guardian

'Excruciating beauty' San Francisco Chronicle

'Audacious... remarkable... elegant and courageous' Caryl Phillips

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2001
4 October
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
176
Pages
PUBLISHER
Penguin Books Ltd
SELLER
Penguin Books Limited
SIZE
728.8
KB

Customer Reviews

albi7297 ,

Great book!

I liked it enough to take some pictures of a few memorable pages I want to keep forever because of the great writing from this great author.

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