About this title: Paul Monette (1945-1995) wrote this memoir about the tragic consequences of AIDS in his own life, particularly the death of his adored lover, Roger Horwitz, after two years of illness. Monette gives the details, even the unpleasant ones, about living with someone who is suffering from AIDS. He also depicts life on the "AIDS rollercoaster", describing the emotional ups and downs he and his lover encountered as the disease progressed. This is the first book in his AIDS trilogy.
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Harcourt
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780151135981ISBN:0151135983
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harcourt
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780151135981ISBN:0151135983
Description: Very Good. 1988 copyright hard cover no marks, no writting clean clear text tight binding no spine creases little edge wear corner wear. dog eared pages, dust jacket has little edge wear corner wear. dc. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc., San Diego
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780151135981ISBN:0151135983
Description: Good. No Jacket. Good+ No Jacket 8vo. From Publishers Weekly Wrenching in its detail, this account of the author's final two years with his companion and "beloved friend" Roger Horwitz, who died of AIDS in 1986, personalizes the epidemic's appalling statistics with heartbreaking clarity. Poet and novelist Monette (Love Alone: 18 Elegies for Rog) applies admirable candor and control to the task of chronicling the suffering endured in the months between the diagnosis and death of the man with ... read more
"Not a book for the faint of heart. This is a lyrical, heartbreaking and powerful look at one couple's battle and one half's eventual demise from AIDS as it was just coming into the national conscious. The amount of suffering and loss Paul and Roger experienced both personally and among friends and family during the early-mid 80s is astounding, especially when it's remembered that at the time, this was still a disease that was not acknowledged by the government.
My office was heavily involved with reporting of the first AIDS cases (though I was only a child when all this was happening), so it was interesting to read the stories presented in this memoir and relate them back to tales that I've heard from my co-workers from that time. Even though this is one man's account of the suffering, he did an excellent job of describing the dichotomy of terror and "head in the sand" mentality that could be seen in the gay community and eventually on the national stage.
Be sure to have tissues handy, if not during the book, definitely at the end."
"I never read someone who had the power to literally crush my heart with words.And believe me I am not trying to be smart or clever, I know I'm not. Paul is just impossible to describe. If you never read anything else in your life, this is it."
"How can I not give this book 5 stars? This is probably the most well-written memoir I have ever encountered. It reads like the most painful of poems, and I was entranced and horrified and saddened all at the same time."
"What a painful, heartbreaking, beautiful book. Monette's poetic description of his partner's death from AIDS is a life changing read. Once you've finished weeping, check out his book of poetry called "Love Alone: 18 Elegies for Rog" which will give you more perspective on their relationship."
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