Giovanni's Room

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Giovanni's Room
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Literature

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin
Edition year 2025
Binding Cloth
Illustrator Lela Harris
Pages 192
Dimensions 22.3 × 14 cm

Edition details

Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin. Six monochrome illustrations including one double-page spread by Lela Harris. Introduced by Hilton Als. Dark blue endpapers. Quarter-bound in yellow cloth with monochrome picture printed paper sides. Slipcase printed with a wrap-around colour picture. 192pp. 22.3x14cm. (100 copies were signed by the illustrator on a tipped in sheet for a £55 extra).

About the book

James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room follows an American man named David living in Paris and struggling with his sexuality and sense of identity. His relationship with the Italian bartender Giovanni becomes intense and emotionally complicated while David remains unable to reconcile his desires with the life he believes he should lead. The novel explores love, shame and the consequences of self-denial.

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