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Giovanni's room ([New ed.])

Baldwin, JamesPhillips, Caryl(Introduction by)
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One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'Baldwin's ground-breaking second novel, which established him as one of the great American writers of his timeDavid, 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 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. 'Exquisite... a feat of fire-breathing, imaginative daring' Guardian'Excruciating beauty' San Francisco Chronicle 'Audacious... remarkable... elegant and courageous' Caryl Phillips

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Penguin Classics
0141186356 / 9780141186351
Paperback / softback
813.54
04/10/2001
United Kingdom
English
Classics
xi, 158p.
20 cm
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Quiz No: 227368, Points 9.00, Book Level 5.90,
Upper Years - Key Stage 3 Learn More
Previous ed.: London: Michael Joseph, 1957.