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Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

2024 marks the centenary of the birth of American writer and activist James Baldwin. Kyle Soller reads his groundbreaking 1956 novel of love and desire, repression and shame.

2024 marks the centenary of the birth of the American writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin, one of the most important literary minds of the 20th century. For 麻豆社 Radio 4, Kyle Soller reads his groundbreaking 1956 novel of love and desire, repression and shame.

David, a young American expat in Paris, has proposed to his girlfriend Hella and she's promised to give him her answer when she returns from vacation in Spain. While she's away, David meets Giovanni, a handsome Italian barman, and the two men begin a passionate affair. As the date of Hella's return approaches David wrestles with the choice he must make; a choice that will have devastating consequences.

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