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Irving, John, 1942-
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Bisexual men -- Fiction.
Novelists -- Fiction.
Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Fiction.
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Irving, John, 1942-
Bisexual men -- Fiction.
Novelists -- Fiction.
Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Fiction.
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In
one
person
: a
novel
/ John Irving.
by
Irving, John, 1942-
Thorndike Press, c2012.
Call #:
LP FICTION IRV
Subjects
Bisexual men -- Fiction.
Novelists -- Fiction.
Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781410450050
Alternate title:
In 1
person
Edition:
Large print ed.
Description:
776 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
Notes:
"Gale Cengage Learning".
Summary:
" 'In
one
person
' takes the reader along a dizzying path: from a private school in Vermont in the 1950s to the gay bars of Madrid's Chueca district, from the Vienna State Opera to the wrestling mat at the New York Athletic Club. It takes in the ways that cross-dressing passes from
one
generation to the next in a family, the trouble with amateur performances of Ibsen, and what happens if you fall in love at first sight while reading Madame Bovary on a troop transport ship, in the middle of an Atlantic storm. But this is also a heartfelt, intimate book about
one
person
, a novelist named William Francis Dean. By his side as he tells his own story, we follow Billy on a fifty-year journey toward himself, meeting some uniquely unconventional characters along the way. For all his long and short relationships with both men and women, Billy remains somehow alone, never quite able to fit into society's neat categories. And as Billy searches for the truth about himself, 'In
one
person
' grows into an unforgettable call for compassion in a world marked by failures of love and failures of understanding ...--Publisher.
Genre:
Psychological fiction.
Literary fiction.
Holds:
1
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Woodlawn Public Library
Adult Large Print Fiction
LP FICTION IRV
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Nov 01, 2024
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