# Giovanni's Room, Vol. 1

By **James Baldwin**

- ISBN-13: 9780141903989
- Series: [Giovanni's Room (Penguin Modern Classics)](https://mybookbandits.com/series/giovannis-room-penguin-modern-classics)
- Publisher: Penguin Books Limited
- Pages: 176
- Published: 4 Oct 2001
- Language: en
- Price: £15.59 (new)
- Categories: Romance, Fiction, Classics, Family Life, Literary, City Life, 20th Century, Marriage & Divorce, LGBTQ+, Gay, World Literature, American

## About this book

One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'Baldwin's ground-breaking second novel, which established him as one of the great American writers of his timeDavid, 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 true nature, he rejects Giovanni for a 'safe' future as a married man. His decision eventually brings tragedy.  Filled with passion, regret and longing, this story of a fated love triangle has become a landmark of gay writing. James Baldwin caused outrage as a black author writing about white homosexuals, yet for him the issues of race, sexuality and personal freedom were eternally intertwined.'Exquisite... a feat of fire-breathing, imaginative daring' Guardian'Excruciating beauty' San Francisco Chronicle 'Audacious... remarkable... elegant and courageous' Caryl Phillips

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