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Giovanni's Room
Engelsk Paperback
Giovanni's Room
Engelsk Paperback

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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














Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
176
ISBN-13:
9780141186351
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0141186356
Udg. Dato:
4 okt 2001
Længde:
11mm
Bredde:
128mm
Højde:
197mm
Forlag:
Penguin Books Ltd
Oplagsdato:
4 okt 2001
Forfatter(e):
Books from the same author
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