Giovanni’s Room
by James Baldwin
- Voted #92 of the Top 100 Books of the 20th Century
- 2 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Honored by the National Book Foundation in 1957
Publication Date: Sep 12, 2013
List Price: $14.00
Format: Paperback, 176 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780345806567
Imprint: Vintage Books
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
Paperback Description:
Set in the 1950s Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence, a young man finds himself caught between desire and conventional morality. With a sharp, probing imagination, James Baldwin’s now-classic narrative delves into the mystery of loving and creates a moving, highly controversial story of death and passion that reveals the unspoken complexities of the human heart.
Set in the 1950s Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence, a young man finds himself caught between desire and conventional morality. With a sharp, probing imagination, James Baldwin’s now-classic narrative delves into the mystery of loving and creates a moving, highly controversial story of death and passion that reveals the unspoken complexities of the human heart.
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