Forgetting Elena

Forgetting Elena - Paperback

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Forgetting Elena - Paperback

Forgetting Elena - Paperback

by Edmund White
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by Edmund White (Author)

A captivating novel that explores the complexities of social conventions and the desperate yearning for acceptance

"An astonishing first novel...uncannily beautiful." --The New York Times Book Review

On the privileged island community where Forgetting Elena takes place, manners are everything. Or so it seems to White's excruciatingly self-conscious young narrator who desperately wants to be accepted in this world where everything from one's bathroom habits to the composition of "spontaneous" poetry is subject to rigid conventions.

Author Biography

Edmund White was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1940. His fiction includes the autobiographical trilogy A Boy's Own Story, The Beautiful Room Is Empty, and The Farewell Symphony, as well as Caracole, Forgetting Elena, Nocturnes for the King of Naples, and Skinned Alive, a collection of short stories. He is also the author of a highly acclaimed biography of Jean Genet, a short study of Proust, a travel book about gay America--States of Desire--and Our Paris. He is an officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and teaches at Princeton University. He lives in New York City.

Number of Pages: 192
Dimensions: 0.59 x 8.02 x 5.22 IN
Publication Date: October 04, 1994
ISBN9780679755739
Author Edmund White
PublisherVintage
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedOctober 1994
LanguageENG- English
Pages192
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Fiction LGBTQ+ Literary

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Edmund White was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1940. His fiction includes the autobiographical trilogy A Boy's Own Story, The Beautiful Room Is Empty, and The Farewell Symphony, as well as Caracole, Forgetting Elena, Nocturnes for the King of Naples, and Skinned Alive, a collection of short stories. He is also the author of a highly acclaimed biography of Jean Genet, a short study of Proust, a travel book about gay America--States of Desire--and Our Paris. He is an officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and teaches at Princeton University. He lives in New York City.

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