Giovanni’s Room is James Baldwin’s second novel after Go Tell It on the Mountain. It was first published in 1956. ‘I stand at the window of this great house in the south of France as night falls, the night which is leading me to the most terrible morning of my life.’ ‘I am too various to be tru...
God, Giovanni's Room is heart-breaking. I've been avoiding reviewing it, a bit, because it boils so much to the surface. No summary or review could do this book total justice. What Baldwin achieves is a desperate account of two gay-or-bisexual men struggling with their sexuality, their society, and ...
Que lindo encontrarse con un escritor que te cuenta tanto sobre una época , un país y dos hombres , tanto y tanto , en tan pocas páginas. Un gran escritor , sin duda .
I wasn't sure any Baldwin book would surpass his Go Tell is to the Mountain, which I loved, but this one was even better and an immediate favourite. This story was wonderfully-written and explored a gay storyline which I have never encountered in African-American writing from Baldwin's era.Supposedl...
I've been wanting to read this book for a while, but I was also trying to keep away from it as long as I could. I knew it was depressing and tragic. Well, I'm glad I got it over with. It was indeed depressing and tragic, but it was so beautifully written, and the words will stick with me for a long ...
I've always held this notion that there is such a thing as missed connections when it comes to novel-reading. Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin is one such book for me--it is a deeply moving story in many ways, but I think its effect would've been more profound on me if I had read it when I was young...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00tmhzq/Drama_on_3_Giovannis_Room/James Baldwin's classic novel in its world premiere radio production, set in Paris, 1954. When handsome blond American David meets the stunning Giovanni in a "bohemian" Parisian bar, he is swept into a passionate love affair. Bu...
One of the most influential book I read as a youngster, before I understood anything about human life, the differences, and the affect of those differences.
i had been both looking forward to and dreading reading this book for a long time. i was dreading it because i've only read one thing written by baldwin before (another country) and so loved it that i was afraid of reading another of his books. i was looking forward to it for the same reason, with...
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