Manhood A Journey from Childhood into the Fierce Order of Virility |
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Author:
| Leiris, Michel |
Translator:
| Howard, Richard |
ISBN: | 978-0-226-47141-9 |
Publication Date: | Jun 1992 |
Publisher: | University of Chicago Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $28.00 |
Book Description:
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"Not only one of the frankest of autobiographies, but also a brilliantly written book, Leiris'
Manhood mingles memories, philosophic reflections, sexual revelation, meditations on bullfighting, and the life-long progress of self-discovery."--
Washington Post Book World "Leiris writes to appall, and thereby to receive from his readers the gift of a strong emotion--the emotion needed to defend himself against the indignation and disgust he expects to arouse in...
More Description"Not only one of the frankest of autobiographies, but also a brilliantly written book, Leiris' Manhood mingles memories, philosophic reflections, sexual revelation, meditations on bullfighting, and the life-long progress of self-discovery."--Washington Post Book World
"Leiris writes to appall, and thereby to receive from his readers the gift of a strong emotion--the emotion needed to defend himself against the indignation and disgust he expects to arouse in his readers."--Susan Sontag, New York Review of Books