EAN: 9780141186351

PENGUIN MODERN CLASSICS GIOVANNIS ROOM - JAME...

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 time David  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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