GIOVANNIS ROOM
GIOVANNIS ROOM
Baldwins ground-breaking second novel, which established him as one of the great American writers of his timeDavid, a young American in 1950s Paris, is waiting for his fiance 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 Davids fiance 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.
Data sheet
- Język
- AN
PL - Ilość stron
- 160
- Data premiery
- 2001-10-04
- Rodzaj okładki
- MIĘKKA
- Termin realizacji
- 24
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