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Last Watch Of The Night: Essays Too Personal and Otherwise
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Full Title:
Last Watch Of The Night: Essays Too Personal and Otherwise
Contributors:
By (Author) Paul Monette
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:
Abacus
Publication Date:
16th June 1995
Country:
United Kingdom
Classifications
Readership:
General
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Biography and non-fiction prose
Dewey:
813.54
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
320
Dimensions:
Width 126mm, Height 202mm, Spine 24mm
Weight:
340g
Description
Winner of the National Book Award for Becoming a Man, his candid and passionate account of growing up gay in a time of ignorance and bigotry, this third volume of Paul Monette's autobiographical writing brings together an eclectic collection of essays written under the shadow of AIDS.
Meditative, philosophical, sometimes blisteringly angry, Paul Monette presents a simultaneously personal and universal vision of the struggle for freedom faced by gay and lesbian people in 1990s American, counteracting reference to his own illness with a unique perspective on literature, politics and religion. Varied yet focused, damning yet tender, Last Watch of the Night shines like a beacon of hope in a fog of intolerance - offering solace to those who think they're alone, raining down shame on those who would have them stay that way.Author Bio
Paul Monette was the author of six novels and three colections of poems. Becoming a Man was the 1992 National Book Award for non-fiction. He died in February 1995.
