I stand at the window of this great house in the south of France as night falls, the night which is leading me to the most terrible morning of my life.
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Giovanni's Room
by James Baldwin, james baldwin , and James Baldwin
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When David meets the sensual Giovanni in a bohemian bar, he is swept into a passionate love affair. But his girlfriend's return to Paris destroys everything. Unable to admit to the truth, David pretends the liaison never happened, while Giovanni's life descends into tragedy.
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Race relations, African Americans, Psychology, Afro-Americans, Giovanni, Nikki, Fiction, Americans in fiction, Americans, Sexual behavior, Homosexuality in fiction, Sexual orientation, Men, Bisexuals in fiction, Men in fiction, Sexual orientation in fiction, Homosexuality, Bisexuals, Classic Literature, Gay men, Fiction, african american, general, Fiction, gay, Paris (france), fiction, FICTION / African American / General, FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Literary, Fiction, romance, general, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, psychological, Fiction, african american & black, general, LGBTQ fiction before Stonewall, American literature, Hommes, Romans, nouvelles, Sexualité, Homosexualité, Orientation sexuelle, Bisexuels, African American, General, Literary, Classics, Bohemianism, Blacks, Americans--france--fiction, Sexual orientation--fiction, Bisexuals--fiction, Ps3552.a45 g5 2001, 813/.54Places
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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.
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