Overview
A deluxe edition of James Baldwin's groundbreaking novel, with a new introduction by Kevin Young and a stunning package. Giovanni's Room is set in the Paris of the 1950s, where a young American expatriate finds himself caught between his repressed desires and conventional morality. David has just proposed marriage to his American girlfriend, but while she is away on a trip he becomes involved in a doomed affair with a bartender named Giovanni. With sharp, probing insight, James Baldwin's classic narrative delves into the mystery of love and tells a deeply moving story that reveals the unspoken complexities of the human heart.
- | Author: James Baldwin
- | Publisher: Vintage
- | Publication Date: Jun 18, 2024
- | Number of Pages: 193 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 0593688961
- | ISBN-13: 9780593688960
