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Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
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Giovanni's Room

by James Baldwin

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Beautiful novel about love. And Paris is a city full of desperate longing it seems... ( )
drugfiend | Nov 13, 2008 |  
Amazing book, considering the culture of the time, and well written as well! ( )
livrecache | Jun 23, 2008 |  
I'd heard about this book for a long time before I managed to acquire a copy in Paris over the summer. Beautifully written and heartbreakingly sad, perhaps James Baldwin's bravest and finest work. ( )
lara_aine | Nov 17, 2007 |  
My favourite of all Baldwin's writing. Giovanni's Room deals not just with a man coming to terms with his sexuality, but with the issues of race and country and with the ideas of prejudice and hatred. ( )
Clurb | Nov 1, 2007 | 3 vote
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0141186356, Paperback)

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.

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