A young boy sitting on a piano bench realizes one day that he will never marry. At the time this seems merely a simple, if odd, fact, but as his attraction to boys grows stronger, he is pulled into a vortex of denial. Not just for one year or even ten, but for 25 years, he lives in an inverted world, a place like a photographic negative, where love is hate, attraction is envy, and childhood never ends. He comes to think of himself as a kind of monster–until one day, seemingly miraculously, the world turns itself upright and the possibility of love floods in.
Equal parts Oliver Sacks and George Orwell, with a dash of Woody Allen, Jonathan Rauch’s memoir is by turns harrowing and funny, a grippingly intimate journey through a bizarre maze of self-torment that ends with an unexpected discovery. Many people, gay and straight, have lived through their own versions of this story, seeking to twist their personality in directions it just wouldn’t go. Not all have been lucky enough to escape.
First published in 2013, Denial has been revised for this new edition, which includes a new afterword by the author.
Author: Jonathan Rauch
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Acorn Abbey Books
Published: 09/16/2019
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.38lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9781949450019
Language: English
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