Becoming a man
half a life story
1st HarperCollins paperback ed.
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Publication
1993 - HarperSanFrancisco, San Francisco, California
Language
English
Word Count
69,500 words, Guess
Page Count
278 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1745267M
- ISBN-100062507249
- OCLC Control Number27035201
- Internet Archivebecomingmanhalfl00mone
- Library of Congress Control Number92054661
and 2 more
- Goodreads1531024
- LibraryThing25569
Classifications
- DDC305.38/9664/092
- DDCB
- LCCHQ75.8.M64 A3 1993
Description
A child of the 1950s from a small New England town, "perfect Paul" earns straight A's and shines in social and literary pursuits, all the while keeping a secret—from himself and the rest of the world. Struggling to be, or at least to imitate, a straight man, through Ivy League halls of privilege and bohemian travels abroad, loveless intimacy and unrequited passion, Paul Monette was haunted, and finally saved, by a dream of "the thing I'd never even seen: two men in love and laughing." Searingly honest, witty, and humane, Becoming a Man is the definitive coming-out story in the classic coming-of-age genre.
Description
Monette recalls his tortured youth as a gay man, during which he tried to imitate straight men and pursued heartbreaking affections, before his awakening to his own sexual orientation.
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