A Boy's Own Story
By Edmund WhiteAn instant classic upon its original publication, A Boy's Own Story is the first of Edmund White's highly acclaimed trilogy of autobiographical novels that brilliantly evoke a young man's coming of age and document American gay life through the last forty years.
The nameless narrator in this deeply affecting work reminisces about growing up in the 1950s with emotionally aloof, divorced parents, an unrelenting sister, and the schoolmates who taunt him. He finds consolation in literature and his fantastic imagination. Eager to cultivate intimate, enduring friendships, he becomes aware of his yearning to be loved by men, and struggles with the guilt and shame of accepting who he is. Written with lyrical delicacy and extraordinary power, A Boy's Own Story is a triumph.
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Book details
- Hardcover
- 217 pages
- English
- 0375707409
- 9780375707407
About Edmund White
edmund white's novels include fanny: a fiction, a boy's own story, the farewell symphony, and a married man. he is also the author of a Read More about Edmund White
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