Giovanni's Room
by James Baldwin, Caryl Phillips
4.4
(508 ratings)268 pages76 editions1990Dell PublishingISBN 9780140184129
FictionLiteraryPsychologicalCity Life
About this book
Set in the contemporary Paris of American expatraites, liasons, and violence, a young man finds himself caught between desire and conventional morality. James Baldwin's brilliant narrative delves into the mystery of loving with a sharp, probing imagination, and he creates a moving, highly controversial story of death and passion that reveals the unspoken complexities of the heart.
Publication Details
- Publisher
- Dell Publishing
- Published
- 1990
- Pages
- 268
- ISBN
- 9780140184129
- Language
- en
- Editions
- 76
About James Baldwin
James Arthur Baldwin was an American novelist, writer, playwright, poet, essayist and civil rights activist. Most of Baldwin's work deals with racial and sexual issues in the mid-20th century in the United States. His novels are notable for the personal way in which they explore questions of identity as well as the way in which they mine complex social and psychological pressures related to being black and homosexual well before the social, cultural or political equality of these groups was improved. Source and more information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Baldwin
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