On the Road with Penguin Classics
Giovanni’s Room with Caryl Phillips
Episode notes
James Baldwin in Paris. On the rain-soaked boulevards, the novelist Caryl Phillips discusses Baldwin's exquisite same-sex love story, drinking in the Cafe de Flore and exploring Saint Germain des Prés.
Phillips, who knew James Baldwin, wrote the introduction to the Penguin Modern Classics edition of Giovanni’s Room and an unfilmed screenplay of the novel for Merchant Ivory productions.
2024 marks 100 years since Baldwin was born
Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin (Penguin Modern Classics edition)
Penguin Audio edition of Giovanni’s Room – available April 4th 2024
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/56260/giovannis-room-by-baldwin-james/9781802067224
Calliope Author Readings – James Baldwin
http://calliopeauthorreadings.com/james-baldwin/
Caryl Phillips
https://www.carylphillips.com/
The European Tribe by Caryl Phillips
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/130570/the-european-tribe-by-caryl-phillips/
Presenter – Henry Eliot: https://www.henryeliot.co.uk/
Producer – Andrea Rangecroft: https://www.andrearangecroft.co.uk/
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