Skinned Alive
by Edmund White
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The eight stories in this erotic and heartbreaking collection are barometers of difference. They measure the distance between an American expatriate and the Frenchman who tutors him in table manners and rough sex; the gulf between a man dying of AIDS and his uncomprehending relatives.Tags
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Ja, wie es halt bei White so ist. Nicht immer bleibt Vieles hängen
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Author Edmund White was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on January 13, 1940. He majored in Chinese at the University of Michigan. Before spending a year in Rome, he worked for Time-Life Books from 1962 until 1970. Upon his return, he became an editor for The Saturday Review and Horizon. He lived in France from 1983 until 1990. His works have chronicled show more gay life with such books as A Boy's Own Story, The Beautiful Room Is Empty, and The Farewell Symphony. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Skinned Alive
- Original title
- Skinned Alive
- Original publication date
- 1995
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- 7 — Catalan, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
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