James Baldwin: Giovanni's Room
Giovanni's Room
Buch
- Penguin Books Ltd (UK), 10/2001
- Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert, ,
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9780141186351
- Bestellnummer: 8110419
- Umfang: 158 Seiten
- Auflage: Repr.
- Copyright-Jahr: 2001
- Gewicht: 137 g
- Maße: 198 x 130 mm
- Stärke: 15 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 4.10.2001
- Serie: Penguin Modern Classics
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
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Klappentext
One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'Baldwin's ground-breaking second novel, which established him as one of the great American writers of his time
David, a young American in 1950s Paris, is waiting for his fiancée to return from vacation in Spain. But when he meets Giovanni, a handsome Italian barman, the two men are drawn into an intense affair. After three months David's fiancée returns and, denying his true nature, he rejects Giovanni for a 'safe' future as a married man. His decision eventually brings tragedy.
Filled with passion, regret and longing, this story of a fated love triangle has become a landmark of gay writing. James Baldwin caused outrage as a black author writing about white homosexuals, yet for him the issues of race, sexuality and personal freedom were eternally intertwined.
'Exquisite... a feat of fire-breathing, imaginative daring' Guardian
'Excruciating beauty' San Francisco Chronicle
'Audacious... remarkable... elegant and courageous' Caryl Phillips