A Boy's Own Story
1982 • 217 pages

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Edmund White is a patriarch of gay American literature. *A Boy's Own Story* is the first of his trio of autobiographical novels (followed by *The Beautiful Room Is Empty* and *The Farewell Symphony*).
It begins with experiments and realizations of adolescence and proceeds through his firsthand account of the Stonewall uprising.


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3 primary books

#1 in The Edmund Trilogy

The Edmund Trilogy is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 1982 with contributions by Edmund White.

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A Boy's Own Story
#2
The Beautiful Room Is Empty
#3
La sinfonia degli addii

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Le récit, autobiographique me semble-t-il, a jeunesse d'un homosexuel américain. Cela m'avait marqué à l'époque où je commençais moi-même ma vie d'homosexuel provincial tout juste débarqué à Paris.

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