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A deluxe edition of James Baldwin's groundbreaking novel, with a new introduction by Kevin Young and special cover art designed by Baldwin's friend and contemporary Beauford Delaney Giovanni's Room is set in the Paris of the 1950s, where a young American expatriate finds himself caught between his repressed desires and conventional morality. David has just proposed marriage to his American girlfriend, but while she is away on a trip he becomes involved in a doomed affair with a bartender named Giovanni. With sharp, probing insight, James Baldwin's classic narrative delves into the mystery of love and tells a deeply moving story that reveals the unspoken complexities of the human heart.
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Giovanni's Room (Deluxe Edition), James Baldwin
- Language
- Released
- 2024
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- James Baldwin
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Released
- 2024
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0593688961
- ISBN13
- 9780593688960
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Love, Classics, Friendship, USA, France, LGBTQ+, American Literature, 20th century, America, Fear, Loss, Paris, Passion, Homosexuality, Crimes, Searching for Oneself, Coming Out
- Original title
- Giovannis's room
- Rating
- 4.25 out of 5
- Description
- A deluxe edition of James Baldwin's groundbreaking novel, with a new introduction by Kevin Young and special cover art designed by Baldwin's friend and contemporary Beauford Delaney Giovanni's Room is set in the Paris of the 1950s, where a young American expatriate finds himself caught between his repressed desires and conventional morality. David has just proposed marriage to his American girlfriend, but while she is away on a trip he becomes involved in a doomed affair with a bartender named Giovanni. With sharp, probing insight, James Baldwin's classic narrative delves into the mystery of love and tells a deeply moving story that reveals the unspoken complexities of the human heart.