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    Giovanni's Room (Deluxe Edition)

    A Novel

    Part of Vintage International

    Author James Baldwin
    Introduction by Kevin Young
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    $17.00 US
    Knopf | Vintage
    24 per carton
    On sale Jun 18, 2024 | 9780593688960
    Sales rights: US, Canada, Open Mkt
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    A striking deluxe edition of James Baldwin’s groundbreaking novel that was decades ahead of its time with its frank exploration of sexuality and self-acceptance—named one of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the past 100 years

    “Baldwin writes . . . with unusual candor and yet with such dignity and intensity.”—The New York Times

    Includes a new introduction by award-winning poet Kevin Young and special cover art featuring a portrait of James Baldwin by his friend and contemporary Beauford Delaney

    In 1950s Paris, a young American expatriate finds himself caught between his repressed desires and conventional morality. David has just proposed marriage to his American girlfriend, but while she is away on a trip he becomes involved in a doomed affair with a bartender named Giovanni. With sharp, probing insight, James Baldwin’s classic novel delves into the mysteries of love and tells a deeply moving story that reveals the unspoken complexities of the human heart.

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    A striking deluxe edition of James Baldwin’s groundbreaking novel that was decades ahead of its time with its frank exploration of sexuality and self-acceptance—named one of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the past 100 years

    “Baldwin writes . . . with unusual candor and yet with such dignity and intensity.”—The New York Times

    Includes a new introduction by award-winning poet Kevin Young and special cover art featuring a portrait of James Baldwin by his friend and contemporary Beauford Delaney

    In 1950s Paris, a young American expatriate finds himself caught between his repressed desires and conventional morality. David has just proposed marriage to his American girlfriend, but while she is away on a trip he becomes involved in a doomed affair with a bartender named Giovanni. With sharp, probing insight, James Baldwin’s classic novel delves into the mysteries of love and tells a deeply moving story that reveals the unspoken complexities of the human heart.

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    Educator Guide for Giovanni's Room (Deluxe Edition)

    Classroom-based guides appropriate for schools and colleges provide pre-reading and classroom activities, discussion questions connected to the curriculum, further reading, and resources.

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