Great Loves 17 : Giovanni's Room

Author: James Baldwin

Brand: Penguin Random House

Color: White

Binding: paperback

Number Of Pages: 160

Release Date: 02-08-2007

Part Number: 1671214

Details: 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

EAN: 8601300108445

Package Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.4 x 0.5 inches

Languages: English