The Burning Library - Essays

Informationen zum Autor Edmund White Klappentext Along with his groundbreaking essays that redefine politics, language, identity, and friendship in the light of gay experience and desire, this magisterial collection of 25 years of White's nonfiction writings includes dazzling subversive appreciations of cultural icons as diverse as Truman Capote and Cormac McCarthy, Robert Mapplethorpe and the singer formerly known as Prince. Reading tour. Zusammenfassung From the National Book Award honored author of A Previous Life and a master of American literature comes a dazzling collection of 25 years of groundbreaking essays that redefined politics, language, identity, and friendship. “A testament to White’s versatility, his insatiable curiosity about the emergence of gays in modern American life…. Fascinating.” — San Francisco Chronicle Along with his essays of gay experience and desire, this magisterial collection of White's nonfiction writings includes dazzling subversive appreciations of cultural icons as diverse as Truman Capote and Cormac McCarthy, Robert Mapplethorpe and the singer formerly known as Prince.

Product details

• Authors: Edmund White, Jerry White
• Assisted by: David Bergman (Editor)
• Publisher: Vintage USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.1995
• EAN: 9780679754749
• ISBN: 978-0-679-75474-9
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 203 mm x 24 mm
• Series: Vintage International; Vintage International
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories