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A boy's own story by Edmund White · Booklabria

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Edmund White
A boy's own story

Romans, nouvellesComing of Age

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First published: 1982
Editions: 24 in 2 languages

Synopsis

Edmund White is a patriarch of gay American literature. A Boy's Own Story is the first of his trio of autobiographical novels (followed by The Beautiful Room Is Empty and The Farewell Symphony). It begins with experiments and realizations of adolescence and proceeds through his firsthand account of the Stonewall uprising.

Subjects: Romans, nouvelles
Coming of Age
Gay men
Teenage boys
Lgbtq+, Gay
Gay
Set in: New York

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24 in 2 languages

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