Giovanni's Room

by James Baldwin

Book, 1956

Publication

Vintage (2013), 176 pages

Content and Summary Info

Bisexual Content: Two main characters (cisgender men) have/have had romantic and/or sexual relationships with people of more than one gender.

Publisher's Summary: Set in the 1950s Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence, a young man finds himself caught between desire and conventional morality. With a sharp, probing imagination, James Baldwin's now-classic narrative delves into the mystery of loving and creates a moving, highly controversial story of death and passion that reveals the unspoken complexities of the human heart.

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