by Edmund White · Destino · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423324729
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«Historia particular de un muchacho» is the coming-of-age novel by Edmund White, published by Ediciones Destino in paperback (289 pages, in Spanish).
In the United States of the 1950s, a boy grows up marked by his parents' divorce and the discovery of his homosexuality. The novel follows his attempts to fit in, make friends, and find romantic relationships as he goes through adolescence, with a tone that combines lyricism, irony, and tenderness.
The work was originally published in 1982 as 'A Boy's Own Story' and was translated by Carles Urritz. It is the first installment of Edmund White's autobiographical trilogy. This edition is from 1995.
For readers interested in coming-of-age narratives with an LGBT perspective and in twentieth-century American literature.
Edmund Valentine White III was an American novelist, memoirist, playwright, biographer and essayist. A pioneering figure in LGBTQ and especially gay literature after the Stonewall riots, he wrote with rare candor about gay identity, relationships, and sex. His work emerged as part of an increasingly solidified and visible LGBTQ community, helping to reshape public narratives at a time when coming out was still a dangerous, even radical act. His writing, noted for intimate depth and literary elegance, includes the semi-autobiographical trilogy A Boy's Own Story (1982), The Beautiful Room Is Empty (1988), and The Farewell Symphony (1997). He also co-authored The Joy of Gay Sex (1977), promoting sex-positive discourse.
