This was one of my favorite fiction novels for a very long time:
Borgman, C.F. River Road. NY: Plume, 1988.
River Road spans more than fifty years, telling the story of Eugene's sexual life, from his childhood in the fifties, through his career in the 80's as an artist, to the early decades of the twenty-first century, in which he has moved to Brazil with his Brazilian lover, Octavio. AIDS enters the novel in the 80's, as friends of his begin to die. By projecting the novel into a future in which AIDS is no longer a problem, Borgman can portray the sexual fulfillment Eugene and Octavio are now able to obtain in their relationship.
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Date: 2007-08-23 03:31 pm (UTC)Also, Sarah, by J.T. Leroy, even though he doesn't really exist.
:-)
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Date: 2007-08-23 04:37 pm (UTC)Borgman, C.F. River Road. NY: Plume, 1988.
River Road spans more than fifty years, telling the story of Eugene's sexual life, from his childhood in the fifties, through his career in the 80's as an artist, to the early decades of the twenty-first century, in which he has moved to Brazil with his Brazilian lover, Octavio. AIDS enters the novel in the 80's, as friends of his begin to die. By projecting the novel into a future in which AIDS is no longer a problem, Borgman can portray the sexual fulfillment Eugene and Octavio are now able to obtain in their relationship.
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Date: 2007-08-23 05:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-08-23 11:52 pm (UTC)Hope there's more of 'em.
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Date: 2007-08-24 05:26 pm (UTC)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzA0nG_PurQ