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OverviewThe eight stories in this erotic and heartbreaking collection are barometers of difference. They measure the distance between an American expatriate and the Frenchman who tutors him in table manners and rough sex; the gulf between a man dying of AIDS and his uncomprehending relatives. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Edmund WhitePublisher: Random House USA Inc Imprint: Random House USA Inc Dimensions: Width: 13.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 20.80cm Weight: 0.312kg ISBN: 9780679754756ISBN 10: 067975475 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 28 May 1996 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviewsWrenching, glorious, seductive . . . urgent and kinetic . . . delectably precise. -- San Francisco Examiner Author InformationEdmund White was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1940. His fiction includes the autobiographical trilogy A Boy’s Own Story, The Beautiful Room Is Empty, and The Farewell Symphony, as well as Caracole, Forgetting Elena, Nocturnes for the King of Naples, and Skinned Alive, a collection of short stories. He is also the author of a highly acclaimed biography of Jean Genet, a short study of Proust, a travel book about gay America—States of Desire—and Our Paris. He is an officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and teaches at Princeton University. He lives in New York City. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |