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Close to the Knives : A Memoir of Disintegration by David Wojnarowicz (1991, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100679732276
ISBN-139780679732273
eBay Product ID (ePID)753628
Product Key Features
Book TitleClose to the Knives : a Memoir of Disintegration
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPersonal Memoirs, Diseases / Aids & Hiv, Lgbt Studies / Gay Studies, Lgbt
Publication Year1991
GenreHealth & Fitness, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorDavid Wojnarowicz
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight10.6 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN90-050210
Dewey Edition20
Reviews"David Wojnarowicz is brilliantly attuned to American talk and responsive to the moods and innovations of society's truants. He also has the best conscience of any writer I know. This fierce, erotic, haunting, truthful book should be given to every teenager immediately." -- Dennis Cooper "Wojnarowicz's writing fairly smokes with acrid ironies. It's passionate and personal." -- New York "Everyone should read Close to the Knives to understand the overall political agenda behind suffering, whether that suffering occurs because of a dysfunctional family, religion, or government. Wojnarowicz explores all of his painful life experiences as a plea for all of us to become more compassionate and caring human beings. This isn't just David's story, it's our story, our nation's story." -- Karen Finley
Dewey Decimal362.1/969792/0092 B
SynopsisIn Close to the Knives , David Wojnarowicz gives us an important and timely document: a collection of creative essays -- a scathing, sexy, sublimely humorous and honest personal testimony to the "Fear of Diversity in America." From the author's violent childhood in suburbia to eventual homelessness on the streets and piers of New York City, to recognition as one of the most provocative artists of his generation -- Close to the Knives is his powerful and iconoclastic memoir. Street life, drugs, art and nature, family, AIDS, politics, friendship and acceptance: Wojnarowicz challenges us to examine our lives -- politically, socially, emotionally, and aesthetically.
LC Classification NumberRC607.A26W63 1991
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