Giovanni's Room
by Baldwin, James
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Baldwin's second novel, which dealt with gay issues long before they were considered acceptable fodder for literary fiction by mainstream America.
Synopsis
Giovanni’s Room was the first published novel by James Baldwin, who hit literary acclaim in 1953 with his semi-autobiographical work Go Tell it on the Mountain . Giovanni’s Room is about a young bisexual American man and his affair with an Italian in Paris. It is one of Baldwin’s only works not to deal with race, focusing instead on the characters’ romantic relationships.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140945738
- Title
- Giovanni's Room
- Author
- Baldwin, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First British edition
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1957
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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