02365cam a2200421 i 4500 1659888663 TxAuBib 20241021120000.0 151009s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2015039909 9781101907740 US $24.00 1101907746 US $24.00 (OCoLC)911063697 TxAuBib rda Baldwin, James, 1924-1987, author. Giovanni's room [Book] / James Baldwin ; with an introduction by Colm Tóibín. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016. xxxi, 159 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Everyman's Library ; ; 372 Everyman's library (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc) ; 372 Includes bibliographical references (page xix). "The groundbreaking novel by one of the most important twentieth-century American writers--now in an Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics hardcover edition. 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 an impassioned, deeply moving story that reveals the unspoken complexities of the human heart. Introduction by Colm Toibin"-- Provided by publisher. "A hardcover edition of James Baldwin's classic novel, with a new introduction by Colm Toibin"-- Provided by publisher. 20241021. Americans France Paris Fiction. Bisexual men France Paris Fiction. Sexual orientation Fiction. Bisexual people Fiction. Paris (France) Fiction. Psychological fiction. Tóibín, Colm, 1955-, writer of introduction. Everyman's Library ; ; 372. Everyman's library (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc) ; 372. RV8