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Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin · Booklabria

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Giovanni's Room

RomancePsychology

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First published: 1956
Editions: 63 in 7 languages

Synopsis

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.

Subjects: Romance
Psychology
Man-woman relationships
Romans, nouvelles
African Americans
Psychological
Set in: United States
France
Paris
Characters: Nikki Giovanni

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63 in 7 languages

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English41 Spanish3 Russian2 French1 All 7 languages

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