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Giovanni's Room - James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

By James Baldwin

  • Release Date: 2013-09-12
  • Genre: LGBTQIA+ Fiction
Score: 4.5
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From 459 Ratings
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Description

James Baldwin’s groundbreaking novel whose frank exploration of sexuality and self-acceptance was decades ahead of its time—named one of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the past 100 years

“Baldwin writes . . . with unusual candor and yet with such dignity and intensity.”—The New York Times

In 1950s Paris, a young American expatriate finds himself caught between his repressed desires and conventional morality. David has just proposed marriage to his American girlfriend, but while she is away on a trip he becomes involved in a doomed affair with a bartender named Giovanni. With sharp, probing insight, James Baldwin’s classic novel delves into the mysteries of love and tells a deeply moving story that reveals the unspoken complexities of the human heart.

Reviews

  • Transported to heaven and hell—

    5
    By jamil rafael
    Riveting and as brilliantly illustrated as an indelible, emblazoned painting. A gripping story of love and of the shocking pain of our own humanity. What it can be to grapple with identity, and the victims of untruths.

  • Giovanni’s Room

    1
    By Portland Teachers Credit Union
    Although I have paid for the whole book, only one chapter downloaded.

  • Classic

    4
    By brock_zahler
    A classic book with a really sad premise. Was I the only one who found the narrator supremely unlikeable? James Baldwin is a wonderful writer and this book packs a punch in not so many pages. I’d recommend to anyone in search of a classic LGBTQ+ novel.

  • Quite literally the greatest book of

    5
    By Annie1999215
    Baldwin’s eloquence has always baffled me, and this story continues to push society’s understanding of queer expression. I love how he so accurately describes the battle of internalized homophobia and the truths behind how love double dips between its many forms— specifically love for friends and love for romantic partners— and how they look versus how they feel. I am such a huge fan of his work and this story really hit home for me. His imagery alone has me planning a trip to France and my thoughts cannot escape the beautiful and emotional scenes he paints with his words. 12/10 book. I will recommend it forever.

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