Giovanni's Room (Modern Library) - Hardcover

Baldwin, James

4.32

155,896 ratings by Goodreads

9780679642190: Giovanni's Room (Modern Library)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679642196 ISBN 13: 9780679642190

Publisher: Random House Inc, 2001

View all copies of this ISBN edition:

An American, separated from his fianc�ee, becomes involved in an intense relationship with a young Italian bartender while in Paris.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

From the Back Cover:

'Exquisite, a feat of fire-breathing, imaginative daring' Guardian

David, a young American in 1950s Paris, is waiting for his fianc�e 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 fianc�e 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.

'If Van Gogh was our 19th-century artist-saint, James Baldwin is our 20th-century one' Michael Ondaatje

'Baldwin writes of these matters with unusual candour and yet with such dignity and intensity' The New York Times

'Violent, excruciating beauty' San Francisco Chronicle

Synopsis:

One of James Baldwin's greaatest works - a groundbreaking novel that traces an American expatriate's struggles with sexual identity.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.