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James Baldwin Reading from Giovanni’s Room
From Great American Authors Read from Their Works, Volume 1By James BaldwinRecorded Track
Length15m
About this audiobook
Giovanni's Room, Baldwin's second novel, deals frankly with homosexuality in a manner daring for its time. It depicts a white American struggling to accept his homoerotic desires. David, the protagonist, like Baldwin himself, feels alienated from his native country and moves to Paris in search of a freer life. In the passage Baldwin reads on this recording, David recalls a childhood sexual encounter with another boy—an encounter that left him deeply upset and ambivalent about his manhood.
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction, Fantasy
Length15 mins
Narrated byRecorded Track
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateAug 20, 2019
LanguageEnglish
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