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Giovanni's Room (Penguin Modern Classics)
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'
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'
Product details
ASIN : B002RI9PL8
Publisher : Penguin; New e. edition (4 October 2001)
Language : English
File size : 2167 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
Print length : 178 pages
Best Sellers Rank: 20,542 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
206 in Fiction Classics
310 in Gay Fiction eBooks
322 in Gay Fiction
Customer Reviews: 4.5
9,587 ratings
ASIN : B002RI9PL8
Publisher : Penguin; New e. edition (4 October 2001)
Language : English
File size : 2167 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
Print length : 178 pages
Best Sellers Rank: 20,542 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
206 in Fiction Classics
310 in Gay Fiction eBooks
322 in Gay Fiction
Customer Reviews: 4.5
9,587 ratings
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