Giovanni's room / James Baldwin ; with an introduction by Colm Tóibín.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baldwin, James, 1924-1987, author.

Contributor:

Tóibín, Colm, 1955- Author of introduction, etc.

Series:

Everyman's library (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.) ; 372.

Everyman's library ; 372

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

France.

Paris (France)--Fiction.

Paris (France).

France--Paris.

Americans--France--Paris--Fiction.

Americans.

Bisexual men--France--Paris--Fiction.

Bisexual men.

Sexual orientation--Fiction.

Sexual orientation.

Bisexual people--Fiction.

Bisexual people.

Genre:

Fiction.

Psychological fiction.

Fiction

Psychological fiction

Physical Description:

xxxi, 159 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.

Summary:

"The groundbreaking novel by one of the most important twentieth-century American writers--now in an Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics hardcover edition. Giovanni's Room is set in the Paris of the 1950s, where 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 narrative delves into the mystery of love and tells an impassioned, deeply moving story that reveals the unspoken complexities of the human heart. Introduction by Colm Toibín"-- Provided by publisher.

"A hardcover edition of James Baldwin's classic novel, with a new introduction by Colm Toibin"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page xix).

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Miller Fund bookplate.

Other Format:

Online version: Baldwin, James, 1924-1987. Giovanni's room

ISBN:

9781101907740

1101907746

9781841593722

1841593729

OCLC:

911063697

Online:

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