Giovanni's Room

Type

Book

Authors

Baldwin, James ( James Baldwin )

ISBN 10

0141032944

ISBN 13

9780141032948

Tags

anglais, english, LGBT, fiction, paris, 1950s, African-American, Literary, novel, Queer, queer studies, cool

Abstract

In a 1950s Paris swarming with expatriates and characterized by dangerous liaisons and hidden violence, an American finds himself unable to repress his impulses, despite his determination to live the conventional life he envisions for himself. After meeting and proposing to a young woman, he falls into a lengthy affair with an Italian bartender and is confounded and tortured by his sexual identity as he oscillates between the two.

Description

Baldwin's haunting and controversial second novel is his most sustained treatment of sexuality, and a classic of gay literature.

Examining the mystery of love and passion in an intensely imagined narrative, Baldwin creates a moving and complex story of death and desire that is revelatory in its insight.

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