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Giovanni's Room: James Baldwin (Penguin Great Loves)
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 daring' Guardian
'Gorgeous, fearless, tempered by dark knowledge and pain ... the greatest American prose stylist of his generation' Colm Tóibín
'A layered exploration of queer desire ... It is electric' Hilton Als
'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 daring' Guardian
'Gorgeous, fearless, tempered by dark knowledge and pain ... the greatest American prose stylist of his generation' Colm Tóibín
'A layered exploration of queer desire ... It is electric' Hilton Als
Product details
ASIN : 0141032944
Publisher : Penguin Classics; 1st edition (2 Aug. 2007)
Language : English
Paperback : 160 pages
ISBN-10 : 9780141032948
ISBN-13 : 978-0141032948
Dimensions : 19.7 x 12.9 x 1 cm
Best Sellers Rank: 1,491 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
3 in Family & Marriage Biographies
91 in Fiction Classics (Books)
575 in Literary Fiction (Books)
Customer reviews: 4.4
9,536 ratings
ASIN : 0141032944
Publisher : Penguin Classics; 1st edition (2 Aug. 2007)
Language : English
Paperback : 160 pages
ISBN-10 : 9780141032948
ISBN-13 : 978-0141032948
Dimensions : 19.7 x 12.9 x 1 cm
Best Sellers Rank: 1,491 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
3 in Family & Marriage Biographies
91 in Fiction Classics (Books)
575 in Literary Fiction (Books)
Customer reviews: 4.4
9,536 ratings
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