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James Baldwin s groundbreaking novel about love and the fear of love is set among the bohemian bars and nightclubs of 1950s Paris. David is a young American expatriate who has just proposed marriage to his girlfriend, Hella. While she is away on a trip, David meets a bartender named Giovanni to whom he is drawn in spite of himself. Soon the two are spending the night in Giovanni s curtainless room, which he keeps dark to protect their privacy. But Hella s return to Paris brings the affair to a crisis, one that rapidly spirals into tragedy. Caught between his repressed desires and conventional morality, David struggles for self-knowledge during one long, dark night the night which is leading me to the most terrible morning of my life. With sharp, probing insight, "Giovanni s Room"tells an impassioned, deeply moving story that lays bare the unspoken complexities of the human heart. Introduction by ColmToibin"
James Baldwin s groundbreaking novel about love and the fear of love is set among the bohemian bars and nightclubs of 1950s Paris. David is a young American expatriate who has just proposed marriage to his girlfriend, Hella. While she is away on a trip, David meets a bartender named Giovanni to whom he is drawn in spite of himself. Soon the two are spending the night in Giovanni s curtainless room, which he keeps dark to protect their privacy. But Hella s return to Paris brings the affair to a crisis, one that rapidly spirals into tragedy. Caught between his repressed desires and conventional morality, David struggles for self-knowledge during one long, dark night the night which is leading me to the most terrible morning of my life. With sharp, probing insight, "Giovanni s Room"tells an impassioned, deeply moving story that lays bare the unspoken complexities of the human heart. Introduction by ColmToibin"