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Description
Groundbreaking literary icon Edmund White reflects on his remarkable life in New York in an era when the city was economically devastated but incandescent with art and ideas. White struggles to gain literary recognition, witnesses the rise of the gay rights movement, and has memorable encounters with luminaries from Elizabeth Bishop to William Burroughs, Susan Sontag to Jasper Johns. Recording his ambitions and desires, recalling lovers and literary heroes, White displays the wit, candor, and generosity that have defined his unique voice over the decades.
Product details
| Published | Oct 04 2010 |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 304 |
| ISBN | 9781608192342 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury USA |
| Dimensions | 210 x 140 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Praise for Edmund White
"Edmund White is one of the three or four most virtuosic living writers of sentences in the English language." - Dave Eggers
"Every so often a novel comes along that is so ambitious in its intention and so confident of its voice that it reminds us what a singular and potent thing a novel can be."--San Francisco Chronicle on A Boy's Own Story
"American literature is larger by one classic novel." --Washington Post Book World on A Boy's Own Story

























