I stand at the window of this great house in the south of France as night falls,the night which is leading me to the most terrible morning of my life.
Considered an'audacious'second novel,Giovanni's Room is set in the 1950s Paris of American expatriates,liaisons,and violence. This now-classic story of a fated love triangle explores,with uncompromising clarity,the conflicts between desire,conventional morality and sexual identity.
One of the most important American writers of the twentieth century,James Baldwin's novels primarily address issues of race,class and sexual inequality,including Giovanni's Room which was extremely controversial in its representation of gay relationships. His other novels include Go Tell it on the Mountain,Notes of a Native Son and Another Country.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780141186351Number of pages: 176Weight: 134 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 9 mm
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'If Van Gogh was our 19th-century artist-saint,James Baldwin is our 20th-century one.'- Michael Ondaatje
'Baldwin writes of these matters with unusual candour and yet with such dignity and intensity.'- The New York Times
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'Baldwin,in this novel,made clear that he could work wonders with the light and shade of intimacy.'- Colm Toibin
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