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One of the BBC’s ‘100 Novels That Shaped Our World’
Baldwin’s ground-breaking second novel, which established him as one of the great American writers of his time
David, 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 his true nature, he rejects Giovanni for a ‘safe’ future as a married man. His decision eventually brings tragedy.
Filled with passion, regret and longing, this story of a fated love triangle has become a landmark of gay writing. James Baldwin caused outrage as a black author writing about white homosexuals, yet for him the issues of race, sexuality and personal freedom were eternally intertwined.
‘Exquisite… a feat of fire-breathing, imaginative daring’ Guardian
‘Excruciating beauty’ San Francisco Chronicle
‘Audacious… remarkable… elegant and courageous’ Caryl Phillips
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Tackling the conflict between homosexual and heterosexual love, this novel tells of David, a young man awakening to his true homosexual nature, through a relationship with a barman named Giovanni, as he awaits his fiancee’s arrival from Spain.
| Weight | 0.134 kg |
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| Dimensions | 19.8 × 12.9 × 0.9 cm |
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| Cover | Paperback |
| Pages | 158 |
| Language | English |
| Edition | New edition |
| Dewey | 813.54 (edition:21) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
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