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They Change the Subject
Overview
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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Details
- 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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