Giovanni's Room
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Penguin Clothbound Classics
ISBN-10
0241718597
ISBN-13
9780241718599
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint
Penguin Classics
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 1st, 2024
Print length
176 Pages
Weight
278 grams
Dimensions
13.50 x 20.50 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
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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
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