A flaneur 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, who lived in Paris for sixteen years, wanders through the avenue[...]

An irresistible literary treat: a memoir of the social and sexual lives of New York City's cultural and intellectual in-crowd in the tumultuous 1970s, from acclaimed author Edmund White. In the New Y ork of the 1970s, in the wake of Stonewall and in the midst of economic collapse, you might find the[...]

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 anxieties and pleasures of mastering a new culture. When he left[...]

Poet and prodigy Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) died young but his extraordinary poetry continues to influence and inspire fans. His long poem "Un Saison en Enfer" and his collection "Illuminations" are central to the modern canon. This title explores the young poet's relationships with his family and h[...]

I En pojkes egen historia skildrar Edmund White med poetisk kraft och skarp humor sin uppväxt på femtiotalet. Berättarjaget kämpar med sin homosexualitet, söker tröst i utsvävande fantasier och fyller sitt huvud med romantiska förväntningar.
Whites distanserade, skilda föräldrar stärk[...]

With a new introduction by the author