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A review by anaisninlover
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

5.0

This book has had several different emotions arise in me. I think it shares the devastating effects the desires of our heart lead to. I find myself relating to these characters in ways. I think this is a masterpiece.

“Perhaps everybody has a garden of Eden, I don't know; but they have scarcely seen their garden before they see the flaming sword. Then, perhaps, life only offers the choice of remembering the garden or forgetting it. Either, or: it takes strength to remember, it takes another kind of strength to forget, it takes a hero to do both.”