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Giovanni´s Room, James Baldwin
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2024
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- Titel
- Giovanni´s Room
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- James Baldwin
- Verlag
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2024
- Einband
- Hardcover
- Seitenzahl
- 174
- ISBN10
- 0241718597
- ISBN13
- 9780241718599
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Belletristik, Historisches Thema, Liebe, Klassiker, Freundschaft, USA, Frankreich, LGBTQ+ Literatur, Amerikanische Literatur, 20. Jahrhundert, Amerika, Angst, Verlust, Paris, Leidenschaft, Homosexualität, Verbrechen, Selbstfindung, Coming-out
- Originaltitel
- Giovannis's room
- Bewertung
- 4,25 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- This engaging summary presents an analysis of Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin. The Giovanni of the title is a handsome Italian barman whom the novel’s narrator and protagonist, a young American man called David, meets in a clandestine gay bar in Paris. Despite David’s conflicted feelings and prior relationship with a woman, the two men soon embark on an intense but volatile affair which ultimately ends in tragedy. James Baldwin was one of the most influential African-American writers of the 20th century. His best-known works include his novels Go Tell It on the Mountain and Giovanni’s Room, and he also penned a wide range of essays on social rights issues. Find out everything you need to know about Giovanni’s Room in a fraction of the time!