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Giovanni's Room

A Novel (Vintage International)

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Giovanni's Room

Written by: James Baldwin, Kevin Young - introduction
Narrated by: Matt Bomer, Kevin Young
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James Baldwin's groundbreaking novel with a new introduction.

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.

©1956 James Baldwin (P)2024 Random House Audio Genre Fiction LGBTQIA2S+ Creators Literary Fiction Heartfelt

What the critics say

"If Van Gogh was our 19th-century artist-saint, James Baldwin is our 20th-century one."—Michael Ondaatje

"A young American involved with both a woman and a man...Baldwin writes of these matters with unusual candor and yet with such dignity and intensity."—The New York Times

"Absorbing...[with] immediate emotional impact."—The Washington Post
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A must read. I dare you to not fall in love. Baldwin characters have flaws but are still compelling, charming. The novel has some dated themes but unfortunately, some are still prevalent today. The central theme is love. He breaks your heart with his beautiful prose but the message to live your own life and cherish love wherever you find it stays with you. Hands down one of my favorite books and Matt did an incredible reading.

Beautiful lyrical prose

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