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Thursday, April 4, 2024

802. The Beautiful Room is Empty

The Beautiful Room is Empty
Edmund White
1988
Around 240 pages



















I had a professor who was part of the Stonewall riots and he was probably the coolest person I have ever met. What an amazing time to be alive.

Continuing from A Boy Own's Story, we get White's semi-autographical experience as a gay person in the 1950s and 60s. 

I don't have too much to say about this one. White is a talented writer, and really has a way with conveying life experiences through a series of vignettes that is very digestible and real. And the more novels that acknowledge the existence of gay people, the better.

RATING: ****-

Interesting Facts:

White cites Jean Genet, Marcel Proust, and André Gide as influences.

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