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（第一本用新买的kindle paperwhite 5 2021看的书！荧幕果然比手机看舒服的多！）rather boring to me 看得时不时打瞌睡 其中一次是真的看得我困得睡了一个小时的午觉 尤其是Part 1真的巨无聊 the chracters felt flat, didn’t really connect with any of the characters, random french phrases were thrown into the novel without any translation 得一直自己翻译很影响阅读体验 对David和Giovanni的感情线完全不感冒 非常cliche 根本看不到什么火花 不过毕竟是几十年前的同志小说 时代不一样 只是如今 就麻木地读完了 感觉重在当时发行的时代背景和作者本身的身份吧
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Baldwin's haunting and controversial second novel is his most sustained treatment of sexuality, and a classic of gay literature. In a 1950s Paris swarming with expatriates and characterized by dangerous liaisons and hidden violence, an American finds himself unable to repress his impulses, despite his determination to live the conventional life he envisions for himself. After meeting and proposing to a young woman, he falls into a lengthy affair with an Italian bartender and is confounded and tortured by his sexual identity as he oscillates between the two.
Examining the mystery of love and passion in an intensely imagined narrative, Baldwin creates a moving and complex story of death and desire that is revelatory in its insight.
Baldwin's haunting and controversial second novel is his most sustained treatment of sexuality, and a classic of gay literature. In a 1950s Paris swarming with expatriates and characterized by dangerous liaisons and hidden violence, an American finds himself unable to repress his impulses, despite his determination to live the conventional life he envisions for himself. After meeting and proposing to a young woman, he falls into a lengthy affair with an Italian bartender and is confounded and tortured by his sexual identity as he oscillates between the two.
Examining the mystery of love and passion in an intensely imagined narrative, Baldwin creates a moving and complex story of death and desire that is revelatory in its insight.