{"product_id":"9780345806567","title":"Giovanni's Room","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Baldwin’s groundbreaking novel whose frank exploration of sexuality and self-acceptance was decades ahead of its time—named one of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e’s Great American Novels of the past 100 years\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Baldwin writes . . . with unusual candor and yet with such dignity and intensity.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1950s Paris, a young American expatriate finds himself caught between his repressed desires and conventional morality. David has just proposed marriage to his American girlfriend, but while she is away on a trip he becomes involved in a doomed affair with a bartender named Giovanni. With sharp, probing insight, James Baldwin’s classic novel delves into the mysteries of love and tells a deeply moving story that reveals the unspoken complexities of the human heart.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"James Baldwin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":49332648050932,"sku":"9780345806567","price":22.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0803\/7431\/files\/BNCImageAPI_795d1115-5704-40ee-abaf-76d0dfc41b27.jpg?v=1788620468","url":"https:\/\/www.knowledgebookstore.com\/products\/9780345806567","provider":"Knowledge Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}