Overview
A Boyās Own Story is a now-classic coming-of-age story, but with a twist: the young protagonist is growing up gay during one of the most oppressive periods in American history. Set in the time and place of author Edmund Whiteās adolescence, the Midwest of the 1950s, the novel became an immediate bestseller and, for many readers, was not merely about gay identity but the pain of being a child in a fractured family while looking for love in an anything-but-stable world. And yet the book quickly contributed to the literature of empowerment that grew out of the Stonewall riots and subsequent gay rights era. Readers are still swept up in the main characterās thoughts and dry humor, and many today remain shocked by the sexually confessional, and bold, nature of his revelations, his humorous observations, the comic situations and scenes the strangely erudite youthful narrator describes, the tenderness of his loneliness, and the vivid aching of his imagination. A Boyās Own Story is lyrical, witty, unabashed, and authentic.
Now, to bring this landmark novel to new life for todayās readers, White is joined by co-writers Brian Alessandro and Michael Carroll and artist Igor Karash for a stunning graphic novel interpretation. The poetic nuances of Whiteās language float across sumptuously painted panels that evoke 1950s Cincinnati, 1980s Paris, and every dreamlike moment in between. The result is a creative adaptation,Ā in collaboration with Closure Creative, of the original 1982 A Boyās Own Story with additional personal and historical elements from the authorsā lives.
This book title, Edmund White's A Boy's Own Story: The Graphic Novel, ISBN: 9781603095082, by Edmund White, Brian Alessandro, Michael Carroll, Igor Karash, Ryan Runstadler, published by IDW Publishing (October 18, 2022) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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