Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin - Classic LGBTQ+ Novel for Book Clubs & Literature Lovers | Perfect for Pride Month Reading & Diversity Discussions

Author: Baldwin, James

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 4 October 2001 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Penguin Modern Classics' series.

Paperback / softback | 176 pages
197 x 128 x 11 | 134g

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'Audacious... remarkable... elegant and courageous' Caryl Phillips'Exquisite, a feat of fire-breathing, imaginative daring' Guardian David, a young American in 1950s Paris, is waiting for his fianc¨¦e 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 fianc¨¦e returns and, denying his sexuality, he rejects Giovanni for a 'safe' future as a married man ¡ª a decision that will bring tragedy, longing and regret.

'Gorgeous, fearless, tempered by dark knowledge and pain ... the greatest American prose stylist of his generation' Colm T¨®ib¨ªn 'A layered exploration of queer desire ... It is electric' Hilton Als