Author: White, Edmund
Title: City Boy: My Life in New York During the 1960s and 1970s
Description: Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 2009. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9781596914025 Groundbreaking literary icon Edmund White reflects on his remarkable life in New York in an era when the city was economically devastated but incandescent with art and ideas. White struggles to gain literary recognition, witnesses the rise of the gay rights movement, and has memorable encounters with luminaries from Elizabeth Bishop to William Burroughs, Susan Sontag to Jasper Johns. Recording his ambitions and desires, recalling lovers and literary heroes, White displays the wit, candour, and generosity that have defined his unique voice over the decades. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 297 pages. couple of tiny marks to rear dust-jacket. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Red (gilt) titles spine. black cloth. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Memoirs; New York Gay Scene; Sociology & Culture; United States; 1960s & 1970s; Literature & Literary. ISBN: 1596914025. ISBN/EAN: 9781596914025. Inventory No: 4416.

Keywords: BZDB227 Biography/Autobiography/Literary/Memoirs/New York Gay Scene/Sociology/Culture/Edmund White Biography & Autobiography; Memoirs; New York Gay Scene; Sociology & Culture; United States; 1960s & 1970s; Literature & Literary. Unbranded ISBN: 15969140


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