Giovanni's Room
Dublin Core
Title
Giovanni's Room
Subject
Gay men in literature
Electronic Resource Item Type Metadata
Book Title
Giovanni's Room
Publication Date
2016
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Document Type
Book
Language
English
ISBN
9781101907740
Region
Paris, France
Access
Open Access
Abstract
1950's Paris. After a homosexual experience in adolescence, David represses the impulses he finds unacceptable. In Paris he has an affair with Hella Lincoln, and proposes marriage. She considers his proposal on a trip to Spain; David has an affair lasting several months with Giovanni, an Italian bartender. Still unable to reconcile homosexuality with the life he envisions for himself, David travels with Hella, but is discovered by her in a gay bar with a sailor as he struggles to accept himself
Cataloger
Kristen Walker
Citation
“Giovanni's Room,” ICMGLT Digital Library, accessed November 3, 2026, https://library.icmglt.org/items/show/692.