Giovanni's room
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Set among the bohemian bars and nightclubs of 1950s Paris, this groundbreaking novel about love and the fear of love is "a book that belongs in the top rank of fiction" (The Atlantic).
In the 1950s Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence, a young man finds himself caught between desire and conventional morality.
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.
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 a sharp, probing imagination, James Baldwin's now-classic narrative delves into the mystery of loving and creates a deeply moving story of death and passion that reveals the unspoken complexities of the human heart.
In the 1950s Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence, a young man finds himself caught between desire and conventional morality.
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.
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 a sharp, probing imagination, James Baldwin's now-classic narrative delves into the mystery of loving and creates a deeply moving story of death and passion that reveals the unspoken complexities of the human heart.
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Subjects
African American Fiction
Americans
Americans -- France -- Paris -- Fiction
Bisexuals
Bisexuals -- Fiction
Classic Literature
Fiction
Homosexuality
Homosexuality -- France -- Paris -- Fiction
LGBTQIA+ (Fiction)
Literature
Men
Men -- Sexual behavior -- Fiction
Paris (France) -- Fiction
Psychological fiction
Sexual behavior
Sexual orientation
Sexual orientation -- Fiction
Americans
Americans -- France -- Paris -- Fiction
Bisexuals
Bisexuals -- Fiction
Classic Literature
Fiction
Homosexuality
Homosexuality -- France -- Paris -- Fiction
LGBTQIA+ (Fiction)
Literature
Men
Men -- Sexual behavior -- Fiction
Paris (France) -- Fiction
Psychological fiction
Sexual behavior
Sexual orientation
Sexual orientation -- Fiction
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ISBN:
9780385334587
9780792796091
9780345806574
9780440328810
9780345806567
9780792796091
9780345806574
9780440328810
9780345806567
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 5.9, 9 Points
Level 5.9, 9 Points
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Grouped Work ID | bd0361a3-6b1e-97ce-d175-41dda9eb65f1 |
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Grouping Title | giovannis room |
Grouping Author | james baldwin |
Grouping Category | book |
Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2022-05-17 02:08:33AM |
Last Indexed | 2022-05-17 02:55:30AM |
Novelist Primary ISBN | 9780345806567 |
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accelerated_reader_reading_level | 5.9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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publishDate | 2000 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
publisher | Blackstone Publishing Delta Trade Paperbacks, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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series | Vintage International | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
series_with_volume | Vintage International| | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
subject_facet | Americans -- France -- Paris -- Fiction Bisexuals -- Fiction Homosexuality -- France -- Paris -- Fiction Men -- Sexual behavior -- Fiction Paris (France) -- Fiction Psychological fiction Sexual orientation -- Fiction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_display | Giovanni's room | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_full | Giovanni's Room Giovanni's room / James Baldwin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_short | Giovanni's room | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
topic_facet | African American Fiction Americans Bisexuals Classic Literature Fiction Homosexuality LGBTQIA+ (Fiction) Literature Men Sexual behavior Sexual orientation |