Baldwin, James 1924-1987 creator author. text bibliography Psychological fiction. nyu 2016 monographic eng

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xxxi, 159 pages ; 22 cm. "The groundbreaking novel by one of the most important twentieth-century American writers--now in an Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics hardcover edition. 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 an impassioned, deeply moving story that reveals the unspoken complexities of the human heart. Introduction by Colm Toibin"-- "A hardcover edition of James Baldwin's classic novel, with a new introduction by Colm Toibin"-- James Baldwin ; with an introduction by Colm Tóibín. Includes bibliographical references (page xix). e-fr--- Americans France Fiction Sexual orientation Fiction Bisexuals Fiction FICTION / African American / General FICTION / Literary FICTION / Classics Paris (France) Fiction PS3552.A45 G5 2016 BAL 9781101907740 (US) 9781841593722 (UK) 2015039909 9781101907740.jpg 9781101907740.jpg DLC 151009 20170424135219.0 18813933 eng