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 timeDavid, a young American in 1950s Paris, is waiting for his fiancee 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 fiancee 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
| Autor |
James Baldwin |
|---|---|
| Vydavateľ |
Penguin Books Ltd |
| Jazyk | anglický |
| Väzba | Paperback / softback |
| Počet strán | 176 |
| Formát | 197 x 128 x 11 |
| Hmotnosť | 136 |
| EAN | 9780141186351 |
| Rok vydania | 2001 |
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