Dec 25, 2009

Giovanni's Room | Giovanni’s Room

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Author: James Baldwin
First Published: 1956
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Social morality
Time of Work: The late 1940’s
Setting: Brooklyn and New York, New York; southern France; and Paris
Genres: Long fiction
Subjects: 1950’s
Locales: Paris, France

Characters Discussed

David, an American living in France. David is in his mid- to late twenties, and he is a selfish and self-deceiving man. The story is told through his recollections on the eve of the morning that Giovanni is to be executed for murder. As a boy, David had a mutually fulfilling sexual encounter with another boy, Joey, but felt ashamed and left early the next morning. He ignored Joey the rest of the summer. As a penniless young man living in Paris, he becomes involved with a woman, Hella Lincoln. He also becomes involved in another homosexual relationship, this...

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Giovanni's Room | Giovanni’s Room

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Characters Discussed

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