{"product_id":"9780345806567","title":"Giovanni's Room","description":"\u003cb\u003eJames Baldwin’s groundbreaking novel whose frank exploration of sexuality and self-acceptance was decades ahead of its time—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\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":56957924442272,"sku":"9780345806567","price":12.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/files\/BNCImageAPI_c64bf05e-4046-459d-a884-677519131c47.jpg?v=1777149999","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9780345806567","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}