Our Young Man - Hardcover

White, Edmund

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1620409968 ISBN 13: 9781620409961

Verlag: BLOOMSBURY, 2016

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"White's new novel, "Jack Holmes," represents a sort of liberation for him as a novelist . . . In creating [Jack], White has as much recourse to books as to experience, and this gives his narrative a real density and weight." --"New York Review of Books, on JACK HOLMES AND HIS FRIEND"

"White delivers something rare . . . For Jack Holmes and his friend, the realm of the body is the city they inhabit together, fellow libertines and explorers in a concrete place free of illusory deception." --"The New York Times Book Review, on JACK HOLMES AND HIS FRIEND"

"An enchanting stream of anecdote, observation, impropriety and erudition . . . A brilliant and engaging though none too rigorous, monologue by a self-described archaeologist of gossip . . . Provocative, beguiling, funny." --"The Guardian, on INSIDE A PEARL"

"So witty, so insightful, so bristling with gossip, that one almost fails to notice that it is an essential chronicle of a revolution in many ways no less important than the fall of Communism: the gay liberation movement." --"Harper's on CITY BOY"

"Edmund White tells such a good story that I'm ready to to listen to anything he wants to talk about." --"The New York Times Book Review on THE FLANEUR"

"Every so often a novel comes along that is so ambitious in its intention and so confident of its voice that it reminds us what a singular and potent thing a novel can be." --"San Francisco Chronicle on A BOY'S OWN STORY"

"Taken together, [Jack and Will's] stories form a deep and powerful picture of love, desire, affection, rejection and despair in a great American city." --"NPR "All Things Considered," on JACK HOLMES AND HIS FRIEND"

White's new novel, "Jack Holmes," represents a sort of liberation for him as a novelist . . . In creating [Jack], White has as much recourse to books as to experience, and this gives his narrative a real density and weight. "New York Review of Books, on JACK HOLMES AND HIS FRIEND"

White delivers something rare . . . For Jack Holmes and his friend, the realm of the body is the city they inhabit together, fellow libertines and explorers in a concrete place free of illusory deception. "The New York Times Book Review, on JACK HOLMES AND HIS FRIEND"

An enchanting stream of anecdote, observation, impropriety and erudition . . . A brilliant and engaging though none too rigorous, monologue by a self-described archaeologist of gossip . . . Provocative, beguiling, funny. "The Guardian, on INSIDE A PEARL"

So witty, so insightful, so bristling with gossip, that one almost fails to notice that it is an essential chronicle of a revolution in many ways no less important than the fall of Communism: the gay liberation movement. "Harper's on CITY BOY"

Edmund White tells such a good story that I'm ready to to listen to anything he wants to talk about. "The New York Times Book Review on THE FLANEUR"

Every so often a novel comes along that is so ambitious in its intention and so confident of its voice that it reminds us what a singular and potent thing a novel can be. "San Francisco Chronicle on A BOY'S OWN STORY"

Taken together, [Jack and Will's] stories form a deep and powerful picture of love, desire, affection, rejection and despair in a great American city. "NPR "All Things Considered," on JACK HOLMES AND HIS FRIEND""

"Edmund White is one of the three or four most virtuosic living writers of sentences in the English language." Dave Eggers

"Edmund White is one of the best writers of my generation; he's certainly the contemporary American writer I reread more than any other, and the one whose next book I look forward to reading most." John Irving

"One of our most interesting, serious, and mischievous writers . . . White's cultural curiosity has always educated and startled." Lorrie Moore

White's new novel, "Jack Holmes," represents a sort of liberation for him as a novelist . . . In creating [Jack], White has as much recourse to books as to experience, and this gives his narrative a real density and weight. Colm Toibin, "New York Review of Books, on JACK HOLMES AND HIS FRIEND"

White delivers something rare . . . For Jack Holmes and his friend, the realm of the body is the city they inhabit together, fellow libertines and explorers in a concrete place free of illusory deception. Kate Christensen, "The New York Times Book Review, on JACK HOLMES AND HIS FRIEND"

Taken together, [Jack and Will's] stories form a deep and powerful picture of love, desire, affection, rejection and despair in a great American city. Alan Cheuse, "NPR "All Things Considered," on JACK HOLMES AND HIS FRIEND"

An enchanting stream of anecdote, observation, impropriety and erudition . . . A brilliant and engaging though none too rigorous, monologue by a self-described archaeologist of gossip . . . Provocative, beguiling, funny. Simon Callow, "The Guardian, on INSIDE A PEARL"

"[A] marvel of the subtle layers of storytelling, and at every layer it is fascinating, tragic, and utterly beautiful." Ann Patchett on HOTEL DE DREAM

So witty, so insightful, so bristling with gossip, that one almost fails to notice that it is an essential chronicle of a revolution in many ways no less important than the fall of Communism: the gay liberation movement. "Harper's on CITY BOY"

Edmund White tells such a good story that I'm ready to to listen to anything he wants to talk about. "The New York Times Book Review on THE FLANEUR"

Every so often a novel comes along that is so ambitious in its intention and so confident of its voice that it reminds us what a singular and potent thing a novel can be. "San Francisco Chronicle on A BOY'S OWN STORY""

"White s prose is as fresh as a series of slaps to the face, filled with reckless energy . . . ["Our Young Man"] plays with [Oscar] Wilde s conceit in wily, unexpected ways as it speeds you along with its winningly hectic prose." "New York Times Book Review"

"White wastes no time delving into the dark, uniquely funny side of the fashion world . . . [A] sad, heartfelt, and comic coming-of-age story." "Interview"

"White has proven himself again and again to be one of the finest storytellers of his generation . . . an author who entices his readers with plots that come honey-drizzled in language to which the rest of us can only aspire. White's latest, "Our Young Man," displays an author at his peak and fully in control . . . Sleek, witty, a bit raunchy, and fully enticing and entertaining." "New York Journal of Books"

"We meet Guy at the dawn of the AIDS crisis, but the novel does the remarkable work of telling Guy s story with playfulness and enough air that although it s a substantial work of storytelling, it floats." "Gawker""

"White s prose is as fresh as a series of slaps to the face, filled with reckless energy . . . [Our Young Man] plays with [Oscar] Wilde s conceit in wily, unexpected ways as it speeds you along with its winningly hectic prose." - New York Times Book Review

"White wastes no time delving into the dark, uniquely funny side of the fashion world . . . [A] sad, heartfelt, and comic coming-of-age story." - Interview

"White has proven himself again and again to be one of the finest storytellers of his generation . . . an author who entices his readers with plots that come honey-drizzled in language to which the rest of us can only aspire. White's latest, Our Young Man, displays an author at his peak and fully in control . . . Sleek, witty, a bit raunchy, and fully enticing and entertaining." - New York Journal of Books

"We meet Guy at the dawn of the AIDS crisis, but the novel does the remarkable work of telling Guy s story with playfulness and enough air that although it s a substantial work of storytelling, it floats." - Gawker

"Artful . . . An amused tale of our endless capacity for idiocy in the face of stunning beauty . . . All human life is here . . . Trauma, misunderstanding and self-regard: out of these materials White creates not a tragedy but a little human comedy." - Times Literary Supplement

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"White's prose is as fresh as a series of slaps to the face, filled with reckless energy . . . [Our Young Man] plays with [Oscar] Wilde's conceit in wily, unexpected ways as it speeds you along with its winningly hectic prose." - New York Times Book Review

"White wastes no time delving into the dark, uniquely funny side of the fashion world . . . [A] sad, heartfelt, and comic coming-of-age story." - Interview

"White has proven himself again and again to be one of the finest storytellers of his generation . . . an author who entices his readers with plots that come honey-drizzled in language to which the rest of us can only aspire. White's latest, Our Young Man, displays an author at his peak and fully in control . . . Sleek, witty, a bit raunchy, and fully enticing and entertaining." - New York Journal of Books

"We meet Guy at the dawn of the AIDS crisis, but the novel does the remarkable work of telling Guy's story with playfulness and enough air that although it's a substantial work of storytelling, it floats." - Gawker

"Artful . . . An amused tale of our endless capacity for idiocy in the face of stunning beauty . . . All human life is here . . . Trauma, misunderstanding and self-regard: out of these materials White creates not a tragedy but a little human comedy." - Times Literary Supplement

Reseña del editor

Our Young Man follows the life of a gorgeous Frenchman, Guy, as he goes from the industrial city of Clermont-Ferrand to the top of the modeling profession in New York City's fashion world, becoming the darling of Fire Island's gay community. Like Wilde's Dorian Grey, Guy never seems to age; at thirty-five he is still modeling, still enjoying lavish gifts from older men who believe he's twenty-three--though their attentions always come at a price. Ambivalently, Guy lets them believe, driven especially by the memory of growing up poor, until he finds he needs the lie to secure not only wealth, but love itself. Surveying the full spectrum of gay amorous life through the disco era and into the age of AIDS, Edmund White (who worked at Vogue for ten years) explores the power of physical beauty--to fascinate, to enslave, and to deceive--with sparkling wit and pathos.

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• Verlag: BLOOMSBURY
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1620409968
• ISBN 13: 9781620409961
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 304