Cover of Giovanni’s Room

Giovanni’s Room

by James Baldwin

1956 · literary fiction · adult

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Set in 1 place · 1 primary

Sense of Place

5/5

Description · Open Library (CC0)

Considered an 'audacious' second novel, GIOVANNI'S ROOM is set in the 1950s Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence. This now-classic story of a fated love triangle explores, with uncompromising clarity, the conflicts between desire, conventional morality and sexual identity.

Set in

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Place de la Nation · France
Titular room location near this plaza
★ primary

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