Giovanni's Room (Penguin Clothbound Classics)
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Author: Baldwin, James
Brand: Penguin
Binding: hardcover
Number Of Pages: 176
Release Date: 01-08-2024
Part Number: 9780241718599
Details: A beautiful new Clothbound edition of Baldwin's ground-breaking novel, which established him as one of the great American writers of his time
'Audacious... remarkable... elegant and courageous' Caryl Phillips
'Exquisite, a feat of fire-breathing, imaginative daring' Guardian
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 his sexuality, he rejects Giovanni for a 'safe' future as a married man ― a decision that will bring tragedy, longing and regret.
'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: 9780241718599
Package Dimensions: 8.0 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches
Languages: English
