I hypothesized a lover who'd take me away . . . I expected him to be able to divine my existence and my need, to intuit that in this darkened room in this country house a fourteen-year-old was waiting for him.In repressive 1950s America,...

______________ 'An epic novel' - Telegraph 'A worldly wise delight' - Observer 'Another brilliant accomplishment from one of the country's most indispensable writers' - Texas Observer ______________ From legendary writer Edmund White, a...

A flâneur is a stroller, a loiterer, someone who ambles without apparent purpose but is secretly attuned to the history of the streets he walks - and is in covert search of adventure, aesthetic or erotic. Acclaimed writer Edmund White,...

When Edmund White moved to Paris in 1983, leaving New York City in the midst of the AIDS crisis, he was forty-three years old, couldn't speak French, and only knew two people in the entire city. But in middle age, he discovered the new...

______________ 'Elegant, filthy - and quite possibly the queerest thing you will read all year.' - Guardian 'Intriguing and inventive.' - Electric Literature, "Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Book of the Year" 'A dizzyingly enticing and...

Following A Boy's Own Story (now a classic of American fiction) and his richly acclaimed The Beautiful Room Is Empty, here is the eagerly awaited final volume of Edmund White's groundbreaking autobiographical trilogy. Named for the work...

______________ 'Elegant, filthy - and quite possibly the queerest thing you will read all year.' - Guardian 'Intriguing and inventive.' - Electric Literature, "Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Book of the Year" 'A dizzyingly enticing and...

"The Farewell Symphony: A Novel" von Edmund White ist das dritte Buch in einer semi-autobiographischen Trilogie, die das Leben und die Erfahrungen des Protagonisten als schwuler Mann in der Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts beschreibt. Dieser...

Das "Faber Book of Gay Short Fiction" ist eine von Edmund White kuratierte Sammlung, die sich auf schwule Kurzgeschichten konzentriert. Es enthält eine Vielzahl von Geschichten, die das Spektrum der schwulen Erfahrung und Identität...

An insightful account of the key role reading has played in the life of literary icon Edmund White

The "extraordinary novel" (The New York Times Book Review) about one boy's coming-of-age during the 1950s-and one of the most groundbreaking portrayals of gay life in American fiction "The best American narrative of sexual awakening...

In den Sechzigern und Siebzigern war New York eine gefährliche, chaotische und turbulente Stadt. Es war die Stadt von William Burroughs, Susan Sontag, Robert Mapplethorpe - und Edmund White. Mit schonungsloser Offenheit, mit Witz und...