Tim Conigrave (1959–1994)
Autor(a) de Holding the Man
About the Author
Obras de Tim Conigrave
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome de batismo
- Conigrave, Timothy Fairfax
- Data de nascimento
- 1959-11-19
- Data de falecimento
- 1994-10-18
- Local de enterro
- St Joan of Arc Catholic Church's Resurrection Garden, Melbourne, Australia
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Australia
- Local de nascimento
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Local de falecimento
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Locais de residência
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Educação
- National Institute of Dramatic Art
Monash University - Ocupação
- actor
writer - Relacionamentos
- Caleo,John (Husband)
Membros
Resenhas
Prêmios
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 4
- Membros
- 321
- Popularidade
- #73,715
- Avaliação
- 4.1
- Resenhas
- 10
- ISBNs
- 12
- Idiomas
- 1
What struck me as I read it this time was that the flaws in the prose are almost its strength. The urgency and passion with which it is written are totally justified and, in fact, readers would have every reason to be suspicious if such a memoir were written in a careful, polished, controlled style. Adolescent lust can't be conveyed by subtle allusions and delicate imagery; it better communicated by short sentences, repetition and rapid changes of subject. The same goes for the rest of the content.
Similarly, the unreliability of the narrator is never a failing in a memoir.
This is one of my favourite books of all time. A classic of gay literature and a classic of Australian literature. John will always have a place in my heart as the gorgeous, athletic boy who is in everyone's adolescent fantasy and who actually turned out to be gay.… (mais)