The story is told in his famously beautiful prose and is full of moments of intense, raw emotion and hard truths. James Baldwin’s masterful writing is at its best in Giovanni’s Room. David’s inability to be honest with himself and others is a burden he has carried with him all his life- a self-inflicted curse that hurts the people he loves in ways he will never be able to reconcile. Giovanni’s Room is the heartbreaking experience of someone who refuses to accept his true nature out of pure self-preservation. When he meets a man named Giovanni late one night in a seedy Paris bar, David realizes his façade is not as strong as he had previously thought. Under his practiced façade of a witty and easygoing world traveler who is enjoying his youth before settling down with a woman back in the United States, David is struggling internally with his sexuality and sense of self. This short and devastating novel follows David, a complicated protagonist spending the limbo of his late 20’s in Europe without a secure path for his future. Review By Sophie | State Street Bookstore GIOVANNI’S ROOM | James Baldwin | BUY BOOK
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