A Boy's Own Story

The "extraordinary novel" (The New York Times Book Review) about one boy's coming-of-age during the 1950s--and one...
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Author: Edmund White
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A Boy's Own Story by White, Edmund

A Boy's Own Story

$25.36

A Boy's Own Story

$25.36
Author: Edmund White
Format: Paperback
Language: English
The "extraordinary novel" (The New York Times Book Review) about one boy's coming-of-age during the 1950s--and one of the most groundbreaking portrayals of gay life in American fiction

"The best American narrative of sexual awakening since Catcher in the Rye." --Chicago Sun-Times

Ridiculed by his classmates and beset by aloof parents and a cruel sister, the unnamed narrator of Edmund White's first autobiographical novel finds solace in literature, works of art, and his own fantastic imagination. But as he strives to forge new friendships, his yearning to be loved by the men in his life evokes a crushing sense of shame and a struggle to accept who he is. Lyrical and poignant, A Boy's Own Story--the first of a trilogy, followed by The Beautiful Room Is Empty and The Farewell Symphony--is an American literary treasure that became an instant classic upon publication for its pioneering portrayal of homosexuality.

Author: Edmund White
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 02/24/2009
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.88h x 5.02w x 0.57d
ISBN: 9780143114840
Audience: Young Adult


Review Citation(s):
Entertainment Weekly 11/13/2015 pg. 65

About the Author
Edmund White is the author of more than twenty-five books, including the novels Fanny: A Fiction, The Farewell Symphony, The Beautiful Room Is Empty, and The Married Man, and the memoirs Inside a Pearl and The Unpunished Vice. He has received many awards and fellowships, including the National Book Foundation's 2019 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters; a Guggenheim Fellowship; the France-Ameriques Award; the PEN/Saul Bellow Award; the Mondello Prize; and the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Lambda Literary Award for Genet: A Biography. A former official author for the state of New York, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and an officer in the French Order of Arts and Letters, he lives in New York City.

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