Thalia Book Club: James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room

Rick Moody (The Ice Storm), Dinaw Mengestu (All Our Names), and Saeed Jones (Prelude to Bruise) lead a spirited discussion of Baldwin’s classic set in 1950s Paris about a man torn between a woman and another man. With a reading by Malcolm Gets (Grey Gardens).

“A transcendent novel.”— Jhumpa Lahiri

“If Van Gogh was our 19th-century artist-saint, James Baldwin is our 20th-century one.”  —Michael Ondaatje

There will be a book signing after the event.











When: Wed., Mar. 2, 2016 at 7:30 pm
Where: Symphony Space
2537 Broadway
212-864-1414
Price: $25
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Rick Moody (The Ice Storm), Dinaw Mengestu (All Our Names), and Saeed Jones (Prelude to Bruise) lead a spirited discussion of Baldwin’s classic set in 1950s Paris about a man torn between a woman and another man. With a reading by Malcolm Gets (Grey Gardens).

“A transcendent novel.”— Jhumpa Lahiri

“If Van Gogh was our 19th-century artist-saint, James Baldwin is our 20th-century one.”  —Michael Ondaatje

There will be a book signing after the event.

Buy tickets/get more info now