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Giovanni´s Room
James Baldwin
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Description for Giovanni´s Room
paperback. When David meets the sensual Giovanni in a bohemian bar, he is swept into a passionate love affair. But his girlfriend's return to Paris destroys everything. Unable to admit to the truth, David pretends the liaison never happened - while Giovanni's life descends into tragedy. This book introduces love's fascinating possibilities and extremities. Series: Penguin Great Loves. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 113 x 10. Weight in Grams: 100.
Baldwin's ground-breaking second novel, which established him as one of the great American writers of his time
'Audacious... remarkable... elegant and courageous' Caryl Phillips
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 who he is, he rejects Giovanni for a 'safe' future as a married man. It is a decision that will bring tragedy.
'Exquisite, a feat of fire-breathing, imaginative ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
Series
Penguin Great Loves
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141032948
SKU
9780141032948
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99-2
About James Baldwin
James Baldwin was born in 1924 in New York. His first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953), which evokes his experiences as a boy preacher in Harlem, was an immediate success. Baldwin’s second novel, Giovanni's Room (1956) has become a landmark of gay literature and Another Country (1962) caused a literary sensation. His searing essay collections Notes of ... Read more
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