Giovanni's Room

No cover — Giovanni's Room (Hardcover, 1940, DoubleDay)

Hardcover

English language

Published June 26, 1940 by DoubleDay.

ISBN:: 978-0-8037-2879-0

(1 review)

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.

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Gossamerchild@bookwyrm.social reviewed Giovanni's Room (Penguin Modern Classics) by James Baldwin

5 stars

I cannot believe I haven't read anything by Baldwin until now. This was stunning. Difficult to read at times, but really truly spectacular.

Subjects

Bisexuals
Fiction
France
Americans
Paris (France)
Sexual orientation