Edmund White was forty-three years old when he moved to Paris in 1983. He spoke no French and knew just two people in the entire city, but soon discovered the anxieties and pleasures of mastering a new culture. White fell passionately in love with Paris, its beauty in the half-light and eternal mist[...]
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[...]
"One has the impression, reading "The Flaneur," of having fallen into the hands of a highly distractible, somewhat eccentric poet and professor who is determined to show you a Paris you wouldn't otherwise see...Edmund White tells such a good story that I'm ready to listen to anything he wants to tal[...]
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[...]
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[...]
»Edmund White har korsat J. D. Salinger med Oscar Wilde och skapat en fantastisk roman.« THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
Edmund Whites självbiografiska roman En pojkes egen historia blev en omedelbar modern klassiker i USA när den kom ut 1982.
Romanen berättar om en pojke som upptä[...]
Nyskrivet förord av Stefan Ingvarsson till Edmund Whites En pojkes egen historia. Om En pojkes egen historia: »En roman med ett underbart bildspråk, fylld med glasklara insikter.« AASE BERG, DN»Får Jonas Gardells uppväxtskildringar att framstå som mellanmjölkiga i jämförelse.«THERESE ER[...]