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The Farewell Symphony

The Farewell Symphony

The Farewell Symphony

Editorial: Vintage UK

Pàgines: 413

Any: 1998

EAN: 9780679754763

16,55 €
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    Temps d'entrega:
    De 4 a 5 dies.
    • - La Central del Raval
    • - La Central (c/ Mallorca)
    • - La Central de Callao
    • - La Central del Museo Reina Sofía
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. 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 ´60s 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...
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