Giovanni's Room - James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
176 Seiten
2001
Penguin Classics (Verlag)
978-0-14-118635-1 (ISBN)
12,45 inkl. MwSt
Set in the 1950s Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence, this title presents a story of a fated love triangle that explores the conflicts between desire, conventional morality and sexual identity.
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 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 sexuality, he rejects Giovanni for a 'safe' future as a married man — 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 Tóibín

'A layered exploration of queer desire ... It is electric' Hilton Als

Born in Harlem in 1924, Baldwin had an early career as a teenage preacher. He lived in Paris from 1948-1956 and his first novels, the autobiographical GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN and GIOVANNI'S ROOM established him as a promising novelist and anticipated some of the themes of his later works, such as racism and sexuality. He became a prominent spokesperson for racial equality, especially during the civil rights movement. He lived in France during his last years. Baldwin died in 1987.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 4.10.2001
Reihe/Serie Penguin Classics
Einführung Caryl Phillips
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 127 x 197 mm
Gewicht 136 g
Themenwelt Literatur Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
Literatur Romane / Erzählungen
Literatur Zweisprachige Ausgaben Deutsch / Englisch
Schlagworte Englisch; Romane/Erzählungen • Homosexualität; Romane/Erzähl.
ISBN-10 0-14-118635-6 / 0141186356
ISBN-13 978-0-14-118635-1 / 9780141186351
Zustand Neuware
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