by Gore Vidal · Debolsillo · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788497595599
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The City and the Pillar is a novel by American writer Gore Vidal, originally published in 1948. The story narrates the love experience between Jim Williard and his best friend, Bob Ford. Separated by distance, Jim decides to seek out Bob to relive their idyll. This edition also includes a collection of youth stories by the author. The novel caused controversy at the time for directly addressing homosexuality, which affected Vidal's career, although the book became a bestseller.
Eugene Luther Gore Vidal was an American writer and public intellectual known for his cynical epigrammatic wit. His novels and essays criticized the social and sexual norms he perceived as driving American life. Vidal was heavily involved in politics, and unsuccessfully sought office twice as a Democratic Party candidate, first in 1960 to the United States House of Representatives, and later in 1982 to the United States Senate.
