02480cam a2200481 i 4500 1065003527 TxAuBib 20231206120000.0 151009s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2015039909 9781101907740 hardcover $24.00 1101907746 hardcover $24.00 (OCoLC)911063697 TxAuBib rda Baldwin, James, 1924-, author Giovanni's room. Giovanni's room : Everyman's library [#372] / 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. 20231206. Americans France Paris Fiction. Americans. Sexual orientation Fiction. Sexual orientation. Bisexuals. Paris (France) Fiction. France. France. Paris. Fiction African American General. Fiction Literary. Fiction Classics. Fiction. Psychological fiction. Everyman's library ; 372. Everyman's library (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.) ; 372.