Jan 3, 2010
Giovanni’s Room chronicles its protagonist’s search for his sexual identity. The search proves to be futile, and the novel ends on a note of considerable hopelessness. David, now living in France, is revealed first through a flashback, in which the reader learns that he grew up in Brooklyn with his father and his father’s sister, Ellen. David’s mother died when he was five years old, but her presence has been a real one. Her picture dominates the living room, and David frequently has dreams about her that are both Oedipal and necrophilic. He does not...
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