Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin (English) Paperback Book

Description: Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin When David meets the sensual Giovanni in a bohemian bar, he is swept into a passionate love affair. But his girlfriends return to Paris destroys everything. Unable to admit to the truth, David pretends the liaison never happened - while Giovannis life descends into tragedy. This book introduces loves fascinating possibilities and extremities. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Summer loving, summer reading!When David meets the sensual Giovanni in a bohemian bar, he is swept into a passionate love affair. But his girlfriends return to Paris destroys everything. Unable to admit to the truth, David pretends the liaison never happened - while Giovannis life descends into tragedy.United by the theme of love, the writings in the Great Loves series span over two thousand years and vastly different worlds. Readers will be introduced to loves endlessly fascinating possibilities and extremities- romantic love, platonic love, erotic love, gay love, virginal love, adulterous love, parental love, filial love, nostalgic love, unrequited love, illicit love, not to mention lost love, twisted and obsessional love... Author Biography James Baldwin was born in 1924 in New York. His first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953), which evokes his experiences as a boy preacher in Harlem, was an immediate success. Baldwins second novel, Giovannis Room (1956) has become a landmark of gay literature and Another Country (1962) caused a literary sensation. His searing essay collections Notes of a Native Son (1955) and Nobody Knows My Name (1961) contain many of the works that made him an influential figure in the Civil Rights Movement. Baldwin published several other collections of non-fiction, including The Fire Next Time (1963) and No Name in the Street (1972). His short stories are collected in Going to Meet the Man (1965). His later works include the novels Tell Me How Long the Trains Been Gone (1968), If Beale Street Could Talk (1974) and Just Above My Head (1979).James Baldwin won a number of literary fellowships- a Eugene F. Saxon Memorial Trust Award, a Rosenwald Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Partisan Review Fellowship and a Ford Foundation grant. He was made a Commander of the Legion of Honour in 1986. He died in 1987 in France Promotional "Headline" Summer loving, summer reading! Details ISBN0141032944 Author James Baldwin Pages 160 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Series Penguin Great Loves Year 2007 ISBN-10 0141032944 ISBN-13 9780141032948 Format Paperback Publication Date 2007-08-02 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 813.54 Media Book Short Title GIOVANNIS ROOM Language English Birth 1841 Death 1925 Imprint Penguin Classics UK Release Date 2007-08-02 Audience General NZ Release Date 2007-09-30 AU Release Date 2007-09-30 Alternative 9781802067224 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:14687257;

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