The National Book Award winning memoir with a new foreword by Kathryn Harrison, author of The Kiss.
“Fiercely committed to bequeathing a map of his psychic terrain, to spare others the pain of his solitary journey, [Monette’s] fine memoir is affirmative and ultimately celebratory.” — New York Times Book Review
A child of the 1950s from a small New England town, “perfect Paul” earns straight A’s and scholarships and shines in social and literary pursuits, all the while keeping a secret–from himself and the rest of the world. Struggling to be or at least to imitate a straight man, through Ivy League halls of privilege and bohemian travels abroad, loveless intimacy, and unrequited passion, Paul Monette was haunted, and finally saved, by a dream–“The thing I’d never even seen: two men in love and laughing.” This searingly honest, witty, and humane merging of memoir and manifesto has become the definitive coming out story–and a classic of the coming-of-age genre. It was awarded the 1992 National Book Award for nonfiction.
Author: Paul Monette
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 05/25/2004
Series: Perennial Classics
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.6lbs
Size: 8.07h x 5.31w x 0.75d
ISBN: 9780060595647
Language: English
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