James Baldwin - Giovanni's Room

Baldwin's ground-breaking second novel, which established him as one of the great American writers of his time when it was published in 1956.

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.

Also available:
James Baldwin - The Fire Next Time  |  paperback  | non-fiction
James Baldwin - Dark Days  |  paperback  |  non-fiction
James Baldwin - Notes Of A Native Son  |  paperback  |  non-fiction
James Baldwin - Go Tell It On The Mountain  | paperback  |  fiction
James Baldwin - Another Country  |  paperback  |  fiction
James Baldwin - Tell Me How Long The Train's Been Gone  |  paperback  |  fiction
James Baldwin - If Beale Street Could Talk  |  paperback  |  fiction