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Boy's Own Story

"In this first volume of an autobiographical trilogy, a nameless narrator reminisces about his homosexual childhood and his conflicting emotions in coming of age during the 1950s. At fifteen years of age, the boy hopes ' that 'he is just passing through a homosexual "stage." At prep school he goes to a psychiatrist who pops pills and talks of his own problems -- and with no help from this man he begins slowly to see the real dimensions of his own life." Newsweek. "This first-person novel is 'written with the flourish of a master stylist....It is an endearing portrait of a child's longing to be charming, popular, powerful, and loved, and of his struggles with adults...[told with] sensitivity and elegance.'" Harpers.

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  • "Premier volume d'une trilogie autobiographique poursuivie avec "La tendresse sur la peau" et "la symphonie des adieux", ce roman parcourt les années d'adolescence de l'auteur, ses premières expériences sexuelles et sentimentales, et la difficile prise de conscience de son homosexualité."
  • ""In this first volume of an autobiographical trilogy, a nameless narrator reminisces about his homosexual childhood and his conflicting emotions in coming of age during the 1950s. At fifteen years of age, the boy hopes ' that 'he is just passing through a homosexual "stage." At prep school he goes to a psychiatrist who pops pills and talks of his own problems -- and with no help from this man he begins slowly to see the real dimensions of his own life." Newsweek. "This first-person novel is 'written with the flourish of a master stylist....It is an endearing portrait of a child's longing to be charming, popular, powerful, and loved, and of his struggles with adults...[told with] sensitivity and elegance.'" Harpers."@en
  • ""In this first volume of an autobiographical trilogy, a nameless narrator reminisces about his homosexual childhood and his conflicting emotions in coming of age during the 1950s. At fifteen years of age, the boy hopes ' that 'he is just passing through a homosexual "stage." At prep school he goes to a psychiatrist who pops pills and talks of his own problems -- and with no help from this man he begins slowly to see the real dimensions of his own life." Newsweek. "This first-person novel is 'written with the flourish of a master stylist ... It is an endearing portrait of a child's longing to be charming, popular, powerful, and loved, and of his struggles with adults ... [told with] sensitivity and elegance.'" Harpers."
  • "Een opgroeiende jongen wordt zich bewust van zijn homoseksualiteit."
  • "The book's unnamed narrator, growing up during the 1950s, is beset by aloof parents, a cruel sister, and relentless mocking from his peers, compelling him to seek out works of art and literature as solace and to uncover new relationships in the struggle to embrace his own sexuality."@en
  • "Education sexuelle et sentimentale d'un jeune Américain attiré par l'homosexualité, dans les années 1950."
  • "At home, in school, and on the streets, a homosexual teenager moves through comic sexual experiments, isolation, fear, and exciting expectations toward an escape from childhood and a firm sense of self."@en
  • "At home, in school, and on the streets, a homosexual teenager moves through comic sexual experiments, isolation, fear, and exciting expectations toward an escape from childhood and a firm sense of self."

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  • "Autobiographical fiction"@en
  • "Powieść autobiograficzna amerykańska"@pl
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Homoseksualitet"@da
  • "Publishers' advertisements"
  • "Publishers' advertisements"@it
  • "Bildungsromans"@en
  • "Bildungsromans"
  • "Classic"@en
  • "Tekstuitgave"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Genres littéraires"
  • "Børn og unge"@da

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  • "Het verhaal van een jongen"
  • "Un giovane americano"
  • "Un giovane americano"@it
  • "La història particular d'un noi"
  • "Zuch"@pl
  • "Zuch"
  • "Istoriia odnogo mal'chika"
  • "En drengs historie"@da
  • "Giovane americano"
  • "La historia particular de un muchacho"
  • "La historia particular de un muchacho"@es
  • "Un jeune Américain"
  • "Boy's Own Story"@en
  • "A boy's own story : a novel"
  • "A boy's own story : a novel"@en
  • "Un jeune américain"
  • "Istorii︠a︡ odnogo malʹchika = A boy's own story"
  • "La Història particular d'un noi"
  • "La Historia particular de un muchacho"
  • "Selbstbildnis eines Jünglings Roman"
  • "A boy's own story"@en
  • "A boy's own story"
  • "Ŏnŭ sonyŏnui kobaek"
  • "Selbstbildnis eines Jünglings"
  • "Selbstbildnis eines Jünglings : Roman"
  • "En pojkes egen historia"
  • "En pojkes egen historia"@sv
  • "Un jeune américain : [roman]"

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