Becoming A Man: Half a Life Story - Brossura

Monette, Paul

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0349105499 ISBN 13: 9780349105499

Casa editrice: Abacus, 1994

Riassunto

He grew up in a small town in New England in the 1950's, watching lassie, going to church, getting straight A's at school, a scholar destined for success. But he already had a secret, and his public life with family and friends was already a constant round of ventriloquism as he played the joker and pretended to be the same as everyone else. For Paul Monette was gay.

BECOMING A MAN is about growing up gay, and about the tyranny and self denial of the closet - one man's struggle, for half his life, to come out. From the white-bread 1950's through the rebellious 1960's to the self-creating 1970's and beyond, it forms a passionately honest and unsparing account of the tortures of living a lie, a naked protrait of one man's fight for freedom in a time of ignorance and bigotry.

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Recensione:

A profound tale, wrenching as it is life-affirming, poetic as it is uncompromisingly real. (VILLAGE VOICE)

A daring and heartbreaking memoir. (BOSTON GLOBE)

Affirmative and ultimately celebratory. (NEW YORK TIMES)

Everyone can learn about courage and self-discovery from BECOMING A MAN. (SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE)

Searingly honest and lyrically beautiful...an unforgettable account of growing up gay in America. (Esquire)

L'autore:

Paul Monette was the author of six novels and three colections of poems. Becoming a Man was the 1992 National Book Award for non-fiction. He died in February 1995.

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• Editore: Abacus
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0349105499
• ISBN 13: 9780349105499
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 288