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by Edmund White · Playground · tapa blanda · 240 pages
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Primer volumen de la aclamada tetralogía parcialmente autobiográfica de Edmund White, que narra la formación de un adolescente en los Estados Unidos de los años cincuenta. La obra explora temas profundos como el sentimiento de soledad, el deseo de pertenencia y la compleja relación con sus padres, mientras el protagonista intenta descifrar su propia identidad a través del arte y la imaginación. A medida que avanza el relato, el joven debe enfrentarse a la realidad de sus propios deseos, luchando contra la culpa y la vergüenza impuestas por una sociedad moralista para alcanzar finalmente una conciencia plena de sí mismo. Es una pieza fundamental de la literatura contemporánea que retrata con sensibilidad la transición a la madurez.
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.
