{"product_id":"9780593688960","title":"Giovanni's Room","description":"\u003cb\u003eA striking deluxe edition of James Baldwin’s groundbreaking novel that was decades ahead of its time with its frank exploration of sexuality and self-acceptance—named one of \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\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes a new introduction by award-winning poet Kevin Young and special cover art featuring a portrait of James Baldwin by his friend and contemporary Beauford Delaney\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.","brand":"James Baldwin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":44216225628340,"sku":"9780593688960","price":23.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0628\/5072\/8116\/files\/BNCImageAPI_1778b006-024d-4afe-b8ab-1f0ca9823348.jpg?v=1778103825","url":"https:\/\/runningthegoat.com\/products\/9780593688960","provider":"Running the Goat Books \u0026 Broadsides","version":"1.0","type":"link"}