Giovanni's Room

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Beschreibung

<p><b>One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'</b></p><p><b>Baldwin's ground-breaking second novel</b><b>, which established</b><b> him </b><b>as</b><b> one of the great American writers of his time</b></p><p><b>'Audacious... remarkable... elegant and courageous' Caryl Phillips</b></p><p></p><p><b>'Exquisite, a feat of fire-breathing, imaginative daring' <i>Guardian</i></b><br><br> 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.<br><br> <b>'Gorgeous, fearless, tempered by dark knowledge and pain ... the greatest American prose stylist of his generation' Colm Tóibín</b><br><br><b> 'A layered exploration of queer desire ... It is electric' Hilton Als</b></p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780141186351

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

198 x 130 x 15 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2001

Verlag / Hersteller

Penguin Books Ltd (UK)