GIOVANNI'S ROOM (Penguin Great Loves) - Softcover

Fiell, Charlotte & Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141032944 ISBN 13: 9780141032948

Verlag: PENGUIN CLASSICS, 2007

When David meets the sensual Giovanni in a bohemian bar, he is swept into a passionate love affair. But his girlfriends return to Paris destroys everything. Unable to admit to the truth, David pretends the liaison never happened while Giovannis life descends into tragedy.

United by the theme of love, the writings in the Great Loves series span over two thousand years and vastly different worlds. Readers will be introduced to loves endlessly fascinating possibilities and extremities: romantic love, platonic love, erotic love, gay love, virginal love, adulterous love, parental love, filial love, nostalgic love, unrequited love, illicit love, not to mention lost love, twisted and obsessional love

Biografía del autor:

Born in Harlem in 1924, James Baldwin was a novelist, essayist, play­wright, poet, social critic, and the author of more than twenty books. His first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain, appeared in 1953 to excellent reviews, and his essay col­lection The Fire Next Time was a bestseller that made him an influential figure in the civil rights movement. Baldwin spent many years in France, where he moved to escape the racism and homophobia of the United States. He died in 1987.

Biografía del autor:

James Baldwin (1924-1987) was born and educated in New York. Go Tell It on the Mountain, his first novel, was published in 1953. Evoking brilliantly his experiences as a boy preacher in Harlem, it was an immediate success and was followed by Giovanni's Room, which explores the theme of gay love. His novels are notable for the personal way in which they explore questions of sexual and racial identity.

• Verlag: PENGUIN CLASSICS
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0141032944
• ISBN 13: 9780141032948
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 160