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Treacherously comic and poignant, the autobiographical stories in They Change the Subject follow a young man's quest for identity through love and desire. Sustained by a single voice, the stories simultaneously offer a fractured novel and stand, powerfully, on their own. At the center of each tale is the heightened, visceral possibility of unexpected emotional encounters--from an escort's dates in Manhattan hotels to a photo shoot that doubles as seduction. Always pushing toward a bigger shiver of passion, Martin's young-man-on-the-make learns how to adapt his persona to suit his lovers' needs and tries to embrace his own experience--and his self--by becoming the purest object of desire.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780299214746
  • ISBN-10: 0299214745
  • Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
  • Publish Date: February 1989
  • Dimensions: 9.02 x 6.08 x 0.36 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.51 pounds
  • Page Count: 156

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