The Edmund Trilogy Series by Edmund White

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 upptäcker sin homosexualitet på fyrtio- och femtiotalet. När han är femton har han sex med en tolvårig kamrat. Det är en troskyldig lek, ännu ostörd av det självhat som ska komma att prägla den växande medvetenheten om vad ordet »homosexuell« betyder där de lever... moreEdmund 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 upptäcker sin homosexualitet på fyrtio- och femtiotalet. När han är femton har han sex med en tolvårig kamrat. Det är en troskyldig lek, ännu ostörd av det självhat som ska komma att prägla den växande medvetenheten om vad ordet »homosexuell« betyder där de lever. I takt med att pojken blir vuxen försöker han sig på heterosexuell kärlek, buddhism och psykoanalys, för att bli »frisk«. Han kommer också att ange en man han älskar en äldre lärare och älskare som han anmäler för skolmyndigheterna för att passa in i den totalitära kultur som omger honom. I översättning av Thomas Preis och med ett nyskrivet förord av Stefan Ingvarsson. less

When the narrator of White's poised yet scalding autobiographical novel first embarks on his sexual odyssey, it is the 1950s, and America is "a big gray country of families on drowsy holiday." That country has no room for a scholarly teenager with guilty but insatiable stirrings toward other men... moreWhen the narrator of White's poised yet scalding autobiographical novel first embarks on his sexual odyssey, it is the 1950s, and America is "a big gray country of families on drowsy holiday." That country has no room for a scholarly teenager with guilty but insatiable stirrings toward other men. Moving from a Midwestern college to the Stonewall Tavern on the night of the first gay uprising--and populated by eloquent queens, butch poseurs, and a fearfully incompetent shrink--The Beautiful Room is Empty conflates the acts of coming out and coming of age. less

Following A Boy's Own Story (now a classic of American fiction) and his richly acclaimed The Beautiful Room Is Empty, here is the eagerly awaited final volume of Edmund White's groundbreaking autobiographical trilogy. Named for the work by Haydn in which the instrumentalists leave the stage one after another until only a single violin remains playing, this is the story of a man who has outlived most of his friends... moreFollowing A Boy's Own Story (now a classic of American fiction) and his richly acclaimed The Beautiful Room Is Empty, here is the eagerly awaited final volume of Edmund White's groundbreaking autobiographical trilogy. Named for the work by Haydn in which the instrumentalists leave the stage one after another until only a single violin remains playing, this is the story of a man who has outlived most of his friends. Having reached the six-month anniversary of his lover's death, he embarks on a journey of remembrance that will recount his struggle to become a writer and his discovery of what it means to be a gay man. His witty, conversational narrative transports us from the 1960s to the near present, from starkly erotic scenes in the back rooms of New York clubs to episodes of rarefied hilarity in the salons of Paris to moments of family truth in the American Midwest. Along the way, a breathtaking variety of personal connections--and near misses--slowly builds an awareness of the transformative power of genuine friendship, of love and loss, culminating in an indelible experience with a dying man. And as the flow of memory carries us across time, space and society, one man's magnificently realized story grows to encompass an entire generation.Sublimely funny yet elegiac, full of unsparingly trenchant social observation yet infused with wisdom and a deeply felt compassion, The Farewell Symphony is a triumph of reflection and expressive elegance. It is also a stunning and wholly original panorama of gay life over the past thirty years--the crowning achievement of one of our finest writers. less