Literary Fiction

Giovanni's Room

by James Baldwin

An American man living in Paris reflects on his affair with Giovanni, an Italian bartender, while his fiancée is away in Spain. Baldwin's 1956 novel unfolds as a confession of desire, cowardice, and the devastating consequences of denying one's truth. A pioneering work of queer literature that explores sexuality, identity, and self-deception with unflinching honesty.

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