The protagonist of this novel proposes to a woman named Hella, although he had earlier had a sexual experience with a (*) boy named Joey whom he treats cruelly, while the title character of this novel strangles Gillaume and is sentenced to death.
Porter Horace wrote a notable study of this novel which examines its relationship with Henry James' fiction. The protagonist of this novel has a recurring nightmare about his mother's death which he view as a sexual encounter, and he reacts to a later experience by "With everything in me screaming No! yet the sum of me sighed Yes." Another scene in this novel occurs when the protagonist goes with a friend to eat oysters and wine at Les Halles. He goes there with Jacques, who later helps him when he has financial difficulties. The protagonist of this novel proposes to a woman named Hella, although he had earlier had a sexual experience with a (*) boy named Joey whom he treats cruelly, while the title character of this novel strangles Gillaume and is sentenced to death. For ten points, name this novel about an American named David living in Paris who has a tragic love affair with the title Italian bar worker in his apartment, a work by James Baldwin.
Porter Horace wrote a notable study of this novel which examines its relationship with Henry James' fiction.
{Giovanni's Room}