BECOMING MAN - Couverture souple

Monette, Paul

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0060595647 ISBN 13 : 9780060595647

Editeur : Perennial, 2004

Synopsis

A child of the 1950s from a small New England town, "perfect Paul" earns straight A's and shines in social and literary pursuits, all the while keeping a secret--from himself and the rest of the world. Struggling to be, or at least to imitate, a straight man, through Ivy League halls of privilege and bohemian travels abroad, loveless intimacy and unrequited passion, Paul Monette was haunted, and finally saved, by a dream of "the thing I'd never even seen: two men in love and laughing."Searingly honest, witty, and humane, Becoming a Man is the definitive coming-out story in the classic coming-of-age genre.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

“Everyone can learn something about courage and self-discovery from Becoming a Man.” (San Francisco Chronicle)

“One of the most complex, moral, personal, and political books to have been written about gay life.” (L. A. Weekly)

“Beautifully written...a heartfelt illumination of how a gay person overcame the self-reproach that societal condemnation enacts.” (Publishers Weekly)

“A poignant, bittersweet memoir....Each stage of [Monette’s] personal journey is described at an intimate, insightful, human level.” (Library Journal)

“Monette’s interior life, his ghosts, his turmoil, his final peace -- in Becoming a Man, they have become our literature.” (--David Ebershoff, author of Pasadena and The Danish Girl)

Biographie de l'auteur :

Paul Monette (1945-1995) is the author of many books, including seven novels, four volumes of poetry, and several highly praised nonfiction works, such as Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir. In 1992, he received the National Book Award for Becoming a Man. He died of AIDS complications in 1995.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Perennial
• Date d'édition: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0060595647
• ISBN 13: 9780060595647
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304