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Giovanni's Room
Giovanni's Room
James Baldwin
ISBN: 9780141032948
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Author: James Baldwin
ISBN: 9780141032948
Format: B-Format Paperback
Publisher: Penguin
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
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ISBN: 9780141032948
Format: B-Format Paperback
Publisher: Penguin
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
