{"product_id":"giovannis-room-deluxe-edition-a-novel-vintage-international-james-baldwin-kevin-young","title":"Giovanni's Room (Deluxe Edition): A Novel (Vintage International) | James Baldwin (Author) + Kevin Young (Introduction by)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\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\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50599380222022,"sku":"0593688961","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0126\/8596\/7418\/files\/9780593688960.jpg?v=1791599874","url":"https:\/\/www.braveandkindbooks.com\/products\/giovannis-room-deluxe-edition-a-novel-vintage-international-james-baldwin-kevin-young","provider":"Brave + Kind Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}