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James Baldwin - Giovanni's Room, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

Giovanni's Room

Av James Baldwin

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Beskrivning
Baldwin's ground-breaking second novel, which established him as one of the great American writers of his time'Audacious... remarkable... elegant and courageous' Caryl PhillipsDavid, a young American in 1950s Paris, is waiting for his fiancée 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 David's fiancée returns and, denying who he is, he rejects Giovanni for a 'safe' future as a married man. It is a decision that will bring tragedy.'Exquisite, a feat of fire-breathing, imaginative daring' Guardian'Gorgeous, fearless, tempered by dark knowledge and pain ... the greatest American prose stylist of his generation' Colm Tóibín'A layered exploration of queer desire ... It is electric' Hilton Als
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2007-08-02
  • Mått: 109 x 180 x 14 mm
  • Vikt: 124 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Serie: Penguin Modern Classics
  • Antal sidor: 208
  • Förlag: Penguin Books Ltd
  • ISBN: 9780141032948
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12 recensioner, genomsnitt 4.6/5

  1. 5/5 Norrin

    There's a quiet ache in this book that clung to me. Baldwin lays bare the inner conflict of a man caught between desire and self-denial, and you feel how heavy that tension becomes. The intensity of the relationship at the heart of the story is devastating in its beauty. Love and shame weave together until it's hard to separate one from the other, and every choice feels weighted with consequence. Baldwin's prose doesn't shou, it really nicks at you, lays open the profound cost of denying one's truth, and leaves you with that quiet, persistent afterthought that real heartbreak is never loud.

    Giovanni's Room made me reflect on how fear, identity, and belonging shape who we become. How impossible it can be to escape the shadows of our own choices.

  2. 5/5 Nike B
  3. 5/5 Rasmus L
  4. 5/5 Elsa K
  5. 1/5 -

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