{"product_id":"giovanni-s-room","title":"Giovanni’s Room — James Baldwin","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"163\" data-end=\"304\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA GROUNDBREAKING CLASSIC OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY LITERATURE, AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT NOVELS EVER WRITTEN ABOUT LOVE, IDENTITY, AND DESIRE.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"306\" data-end=\"813\"\u003eSet in 1950s Paris, \u003cem data-start=\"326\" data-end=\"343\"\u003eGiovanni’s Room\u003c\/em\u003e follows David, a young American expatriate struggling with his identity and his relationships, particularly his intense, doomed love affair with Giovanni, an Italian bartender. As David wrestles with fear, shame, and societal expectations, Baldwin crafts a devastating exploration of intimacy, repression, and the cost of denying one’s true self. Spare, intimate, and emotionally exacting, this novel remains as urgent and resonant today as when it was first published.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"815\" data-end=\"857\"\u003eFrom our book truck to your book shelves…!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Meant Well Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45168617226412,"sku":null,"price":23.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0719\/3192\/0556\/files\/A12z2arOK2L._SL1500.jpg?v=1770704098","url":"https:\/\/www.meantwellbooks.com\/products\/giovanni-s-room","provider":"Meant Well Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}