Giovanni's Room

by James Baldwin

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About this book

Set in the 1950s Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence, a young man finds himself caught between desire and conventional morality. With a sharp, probing imagination, James Baldwin's now-classic narrative delves into the mystery of loving and creates a moving, highly controversial story of death and passion that reveals the unspoken complexities of the human heart.

Book Details

ISBN13	9780385334587
ISBN10	0385334583
Series/Work	OL228702W View on OpenLibrary
Publisher	Delta
Language	ENG
Created At	January 30, 2025
Updated At	January 30, 2025
Last OL update	January 18, 2025

Subjects

813/.54 African American African Americans Afro-Americans American fiction (fictional works by one author) American literature Americans Americans--france--fiction Americans in fiction Bisexuals Bisexuals--fiction Bisexuals in fiction Bisexuels Blacks Bohemianism Classic Literature Classics Fiction Fiction, african american & black, general Fiction, african american, general

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