The End of Being Known A Memoir |
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| Author:
| Klein, Michael |
| Series title: | Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiographies Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-299-18870-2 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2003 |
| Publisher: | University of Wisconsin Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $29.00 |
Book Description:
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A poetic look at the hazards and delights of sex, desire, friendship, and the quandary of these worlds when they collide. In a series of five autobiographical essays, Klein forgoes trying to answer the riddle of sexual desire in favor of engaging it and its manifestations in various contexts: incest, falling in love with a friend, being a twin, and inhabiting the world of anonymous sex. But it is not a typical collection of essays; it draws on poetic and...
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A poetic look at the hazards and delights of sex, desire, friendship, and the quandary of these worlds when they collide. In a series of five autobiographical essays, Klein forgoes trying to answer the riddle of sexual desire in favor of engaging it and its manifestations in various contexts: incest, falling in love with a friend, being a twin, and inhabiting the world of anonymous sex. But it is not a typical collection of essays; it draws on poetic and fragmentary literary devices to create an overall effect that belongs as much to the world of language as to the world of narrative.