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James Baldwin – Giovanni’s Room – First Edition 1957
£450.00
A first edition, first printing of ‘Giovanni’s Room’ published by Michael Joseph in 1957. A very good copy with browning to endpapers – without inscriptions. In like wrapper which is unclipped and has a little chipping to the top of the spine and to the corners.
Author’s second novel and a seminal work of gay fiction. Nominated for the 1957 National Book Award. Set in the bohemian world of 1950s Paris, it recounts an American expatriate’s awakening to his true sexual nature, following the tragic resolution of a fated love triangle. By featuring a cast of all-white characters, Baldwin here gave notice that he was going to go his own way, and not conform to the expectation that all of his books would be about the ” African American experience”.
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A first edition, first printing of ‘Giovanni’s Room’ published by Michael Joseph in 1957. A very good copy with browning to endpapers – without inscriptions. In like wrapper which is unclipped and has a little chipping to the top of the spine and to the corners.
Author’s second novel and a seminal work of gay fiction. Nominated for the 1957 National Book Award. Set in the bohemian world of 1950s Paris, it recounts an American expatriate’s awakening to his true sexual nature, following the tragic resolution of a fated love triangle. By featuring a cast of all-white characters, Baldwin here gave notice that he was going to go his own way, and not conform to the expectation that all of his books would be about the ” African American experience”.
