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Literary icon Edmund White made his name through his writing but remembers his life through the books he has read. For White, each momentous occasion came
Our Young Man follows the life of a gorgeous Frenchman, Guy, as he goes from the industrial city of Clermont-Ferrand to the top of the modeling profession
White is an acclaimed novelist, essayist, biographer of Genet and Proust, and a self-described “archaeologist of gossip.” In his third memoir, he recounts
Rimbaud was a childhood hero of mine, and it was interesting to revisit him for this short biography. I found him less heroic as a person and maybe even
In a short note tucked away at the back of the book, White modestly categorises this marvellously compelling and moving story as “
When a respected older man clings to the values and mores of the liberated 1970s, when he pursues sex relentlessly and his reputation suffers, Chaos ensues.
Best-selling novelist, memoirist, and biographer Edmund White displays his sharp wit and boundless erudition in 37 portraits of the writers, artists, and
Gay lives today, at least in most western democracies, have lost their heroic dimension. Bravery and originality are less evident in a culture of general
Best-selling novelist, memoirist, and biographer Edmund White displays his sharp wit and boundless erudition in 37 portraits of the writers, artists, and
Edmund White, the award-winning biographer of French writer/playwright Jean Genet, acclaimed novelist, and cultural critic, undertakes a masterful, yet
ORIGINAL YOUTH: THE REAL STORY OF EDMUND WHITE’S BOYHOOD © by Keith A. Fleming, 1959- Edmund White, with his gift for explicating human contradiction