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Giovanni's Room
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Giovanni's Room is a 1956 novel by James Baldwin. Set in Paris, France, the story is about American expatriate David, and his affair with Italian barman, Giovanni. | |
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David seems to have experienced genuine attraction towards both men and women, though the male examples are given more focus in the book for obvious reasons, making it seem as though his primary attraction is towards men even as he argues he's only drawn to men occasionally. Whether his attraction to Hella and the other women he's been involved with is genuine or the result of compulsory heterosexuality is left to the reader's interpretation. The one time we see him with a female lover he doesn't have a very good time, but then he definitely pursues her for the wrong reasons. | |
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The Alcoholic: David's father, and, eventually, David himself. | |
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Ambiguously Bi: Because of the novel's surprising aversion of the No Bisexuals trope (see below), it's ultimately left ambiguous whether David and Giovanni are bisexual or gay, with enough evidence for either interpretation of both characters: David seems to have experienced genuine attraction towards both men and women, though the male examples are given more focus in the book for obvious reasons, making it seem as though his primary attraction is towards men even as he argues he's only drawn to men occasionally. Whether his attraction to Hella and the other women he's been involved with is genuine or the result of compulsory heterosexuality is left to the reader's interpretation. The one time we see him with a female lover he doesn't have a very good time, but then he definitely pursues her for the wrong reasons.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); }) | |
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Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder | |
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Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder: How David got involved with Giovanni, when Hella left for Spain. | |
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