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Giovanni's Room

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Giovanni's Room

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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
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
149
Release Date:
2007-08-02
Publication Date:
2007-08-02
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd (UK)
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0141032944
ISBN13:
9780141032948
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
101 g
Height:
109 cm
Width:
175 cm
Thickness:
14 cm

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