false 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-personal-website and she had this book on her list. I had also just recently been re-introduced to James Baldwin by one of my students who was doing a biography on him. Stereotypically, February is African-American History month...and so I read myself some prolific African-American literature.
Giovanni's Room will forever be a symbolic exploration of the true self. The room being a place hidden from the world, and yet holds the whole world in it. The story, torment and characters were easy to relate to, but left me longing for more.
<Side note> Like most stories that take place in Paris, I became enamored with French language and culture. This book really feed into my French-o-philia.]]>