false <![CDATA[Giovanni's Room]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1207622204m/527433.jpg 38462 20 Baldwin's haunting and controversial second novel is his most sustained treatment of sexuality, and a classic of gay literature. In a 1950s Paris swarming with expatriates and characterized by dangerous liaisons and hidden violence, an American finds himself unable to repress his impulses, despite his determination to live the conventional life he envisions for himself After meeting and proposing to a young woman, he falls into a lengthy affair with an Italian bartender and is confounded and tortured by his sexual identity as he oscillates between the two. <br><br>Examining the mystery of love and passion in an intensely imagined narrative, Baldwin creates a moving and complex story of death and desire that is revelatory in its insight. <br><br> 814207 1940 Giovanni's Room (Penguin Modern Classics) total:3338|5:1424|4:1250|3:552|2:97|1:15| 3338 13985 4400 360 5 7 false false Wed May 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 22 16:14:22 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 29 17:47:50 -0700 2009
This is a book I want to own and make room for. I...more...]]> 5 5 false false Sun Oct 21 23:24:22 -0700 2007 Mon Mar 31 19:08:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 4 false false Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 08:44:12 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 09:09:03 -0700 2009
5 stars because it was a brilliant book and very well written. 1 star because it was so hard to read. The sheer amount of self-loathing, pain, and destruction depicted in the book was very hard to take. Like those fallen soldier momuments with their...more...]]> 5 2 true false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 16 06:36:33 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 17 23:09:04 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue May 15 15:47:59 -0700 2007 Tue May 15 15:59:10 -0700 2007 I found this book after reading Rebecca Walker's top books that influenced her. Rebecca Walker is the daughter of Alice Walker (ya know, The Color Purple and others). Somehow I fell upon her blog/extensive-perso...more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Nov 19 11:25:10 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 19 11:49:23 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jan 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 06:39:51 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 03:30:30 -0800 2009 a moving, vivid, honest story about facing (or not) our identity, whether it is our sexual, nationalistic or emotional sense of self. at its core, this novel is about the power of love and the ways in whi...more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Aug 07 18:12:50 -0700 2007 Tue Jan 20 20:58:33 -0800 2009 2 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 20 13:44:18 -0700 2007 Sun Nov 04 12:30:30 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 16:05:39 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 16:09:32 -0700 2009 5 2 false false Fri Mar 20 11:37:06 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 08:26:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Jul 01 02:48:57 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 07:47:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 07:31:03 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 07:48:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jan 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 15:10:48 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 20:56:40 -0800 2009 Some day I would like to lead a book club--or teach a class or something--focused on Paris and drinking and sexuality. Because the three go together so, so, SO well (proven amply not only by Giovanni's Room, but by Nightwood and The Sun Also Rises and The Book of ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 13:44:46 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 18:56:47 -0700 2009 another country) and so loved it that i was afraid of reading another of his books. i was looking forward to it for the same reason, with...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 16:52:57 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 08:38:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 22 05:51:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 04 18:57:14 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Mar 03 08:39:36 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 08:39:53 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Mar 13 15:49:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 12 16:21:40 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 13 15:49:00 -0700 2009 One day I will have a story like this to tell. My favorite BOOK OF ALL TIME. I HAVE FOUND IT!!!!!!!!...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Oct 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 09:14:17 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 09:21:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=527433