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James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room (signed edition)

£140

Illustrated by Lela Harris

Introduced By Hilton Als

James Baldwin’s tender, fearless novel of love, shame and longing is a defining work of modern literature. With intimate charcoal portraits from Lela Harris, this Folio captures every aching heartbeat of this timeless story. 50 copies of this edition have been signed by Lela Harris and Hilton Als.

Book Details
 
AuthorJames Baldwin
Illustrated byLela Harris

About the Introducer

Hilton Als is a Pulitzer Prize-winning staff writer and theatre critic for the New Yorker. He has curated numerous exhibitions, teaches at Berkeley and Columbia universities, and is a former staff writer for the Village Voice as well as a contributor to many other publications, including the New York Review of Books. Als’s own books include White Girls (which was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award) (2013) and, most recently, My Pinup: A Paean to Prince (2022). Long associated with Joan Didion, he curated the Didion exhibition at the Hammer Museum in LA and has written extensively about her.