Giovanni's Room, Baldwin's second novel, deals frankly with homosexuality in a manner daring for its time. It depicts a white American struggling to accept his homoerotic desires. David, the protagonist, like Baldwin himself, feels alienated from his native country and moves to Paris in search of a freer life. In the passage Baldwin reads on this recording, David recalls a childhood sexual encounter with another boy-an encounter that left him deeply upset and ambivalent about his manhood.
Giovanni's Room, Baldwin's second novel, deals frankly with homosexuality in a manner daring for its time. It depicts a white American struggling to accept his homoerotic desires. David, the protagonist, like Baldwin himself, feels alienated from his native country and moves to Paris in search of a freer life. In the passage Baldwin reads on this recording, David recalls a childhood sexual encounter with another boy-an encounter that left him deeply upset and ambivalent about his manhood.
James Baldwin Reading from Giovanni's Room: From Great American Authors Read from Their Works, Volume 1
James Baldwin Reading from Giovanni's Room: From Great American Authors Read from Their Works, Volume 1
Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940177034805 |
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| Publisher: | Blackstone Audio, Inc. |
| Publication date: | 08/20/2019 |
| Series: | Great American Authors Read from Their Works Series , #1 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
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