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一個年輕金髮的美國作家1950年代後期由家鄉紐約旅居巴黎，好尋找自己，卻在男孩與女孩之間盤旋，在死心塌地的義大利酒保喬凡尼和未婚妻赫拉之間，他註定將永遠失去，那悲劇，永遠將如影隨行喬凡尼房間的幽靈。《喬凡尼的房間》，美國黑人作家詹姆斯?鮑德溫一九五六年出版的經典小說，打破當時禁忌，直抵內心最深底處，書名隨後成了不少餐館和某家書店的店名。「然後那扇門就在他的面前。他的四周都是黑暗，他的體內是沉默。然後那扇門打開，他獨自站著，全世界都離他而去。天空的角落好像發出尖叫聲，雖然他什麼都聽不到。然後地表震動，他在黑暗中被向前拋出，他的旅程開始。我終於離開鏡子前面，開始遮覆我的赤裸，這份赤裸我必須神聖的對待，雖然它從未像現在一樣污穢，我必須以我的一輩子當作鹽來拭洗。我一定要相信，我一定要相信，上帝厚重的恩慈，讓我來到這個地方，也會帶我離開這裡。」
「要是梵谷是我們十九世紀的藝術家聖人，詹姆斯．鮑德溫就是我們二十世紀的。」——《英倫情人》小說家麥可．翁達傑(Michael Ondaatje, 1943- )
「鮑德溫掌握文字宛如海駕馭著浪，漲潮與拍擊交錯，前進之後撤退，竄升之後躬身而去。思潮轉化成詩，詩點亮思潮。」 ——哈林文藝運動頂尖詩人蘭斯頓．休斯（Langston Hughes, 1902-1967）
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I need to write about this book so much, but i feel so tense, so heavy that i can't even reach for the pen.