{"product_id":"giovannis-room-deluxe-edition-9780593688960","title":"Giovanni's Room (Deluxe Edition)","description":"\u003cb\u003eA deluxe edition of James Baldwin's groundbreaking novel, with a new introduction by Kevin Young and a stunning package.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eGiovanni's Room \u003c\/i\u003eis set in the Paris of the 1950s, where 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 narrative delves into the mystery of love and tells a deeply moving story that reveals the unspoken complexities of the human heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJAMES BALDWIN (1924-1987) was a novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eGo Tell It on the Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e, appeared in 1953 to excellent reviews, and his essay collections \u003ci\u003eNotes of a Native Son \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Fire Next Time\u003c\/i\u003e were best sellers that made him an influential figure in the growing civil rights movement. Baldwin spent much of his life in France, where he moved to escape the racism and homophobia of the United States. He died in France in 1987, a year after being made a Commander of the French Legion of Honor.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577570398482,"sku":"9780593688960","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8a747e89-0f26-4f01-a2ae-860ce139293f.jpg?v=1731997134","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/giovannis-room-deluxe-edition-9780593688960","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}