Giovanni's Room Huat Lim The Pieces in this volume

The Pieces in this volume represent his most accomplished work

Powerfully written and unflinchingly honest

these simple prayers transcend time and speak directly to the human heart

Translated by Phyllis Blewitt and Trevor Blewitt

an eccentric zoologist

Giovanni's Room Huat Lim The Pieces in this volumeBaldwin''s ground breaking second novel, which established him as one of the great American writers of his time ''Audacious remarkable elegant and courageous'' Caryl Phillips David, a young American in 1950s Paris, is waiting for his fiance to return from vacation in Spain. But when he meets Giovanni, a handsome Italian barman, the two men are drawn into an intense affair. After three months David's fiance returns and, denying who he is, he rejects