Giovanni’s Room (Deluxe Edition)

A deluxe edition of James Baldwin’s groundbreaking novel, with a new introduction by Kevin Young and special cover art designed by Baldwin’s friend and contemporary Beauford Delaney

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 a deeply moving story that reveals the unspoken complexities of the human heart.

Author: James Baldwin
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 06/18/2024
Series: Vintage International
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780593688960
Language: English