Paul Monette was a celebrated author whose works delved into the lives of gay men, exploring their quests for identity, love, and fulfillment within a heteronormative society. His writing, spanning novels, poetry, and memoir, often tackled themes of love, loss, and the fight against the stigma of AIDS. Monette's style is characterized by its raw honesty and emotional depth, earning him a significant place in 20th-century literature. His writings serve as a powerful testament to resilience and humanity in the face of adversity.
Celebrating the transformative power of love, "Sanctuary" weaves a tale where affection faces the challenges posed by malevolence. The narrative highlights how acts of goodness can overcome obstacles, ultimately liberating love from its trials. This classic fairy tale embodies themes of resilience and redemption, showcasing the triumph of good over evil.
A child of the 1950s from a small New England town, "perfect Paul" earns straight A's and shines in social and literary pursuits, all the while keeping a secret -- from himself and the rest of the world. Struggling to be, or at least to imitate, a straight man, through Ivy League halls of privilege and bohemian travels abroad, loveless intimacy and unrequited passion, Paul Monette was haunted, and finally saved, by a dream of "the thing I'd never even seen: two men in love and laughing."Searingly honest, witty, and humane, Becoming a Man is the definitive coming-out story in the classic coming-of-age genre.
Set against the backdrop of the AIDS crisis, this memoir offers a poignant exploration of love and loss. It combines lyrical prose with a deeply personal narrative, capturing the emotional turmoil and resilience experienced during a significant period in history. Recognized as a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and a recipient of the PEN Center West literary award, it stands out as a powerful testament to enduring love amidst tragedy, ultimately conveying a message of hope.
Winner of the National Book Award for Becoming a Man, his candid and passionate account of growing up gay in a time of ignorance and bigotry, this third volume of Paul Monette's autobiographical writing brings together an eclectic collection of essays written under the shadow of AIDS. Meditative, philosophical, sometimes blisteringly angry, Paul Monette presents a simultaneously personal and universal vision of the struggle for freedom faced by gay and lesbian people in 1990s American, counteracting reference to his own illness with a unique perspective on literature, politics and religion. Varied yet focused, damning yet tender, Last Watch of the Night shines like a beacon of hope in a fog of intolerance - offering solace to those who think they're alone, raining down shame on those who would have them stay that way.
A poignant memoir detailing the author's journey of growing up gay in America, spanning the 1950s to the 1970s. It explores themes of repression and self-discovery, culminating in the transformative encounter with the man he thought he would never find.
A ground-breaking novel by the author of the celebrated AIDS memoirs Borrowed Time, Afterlife is the story of a new kind of widower--those survivors of AIDS who must try to learn to live and love again after great loss. Though they are very difference Steven, Dell, and Sonny have shared one wrenching experience: All three kept vigil together in the corridors of a Los Angeles hospital as, within days of one another, their lovers died. Now, after a year of gathering as a kind of mourners' club every Saturday night, each man must embark on a life after AIDS--the afterlife
Bounty hunter Jack Walsh must track down Jonathan Mardukas, a fugitive from the Feds, the mafia, and his bail bondsman, a search complicated by the arrival of another bounty hunter, Max Dorfler
Retelling of Bram Stoker's Dracula based on the screenplay of the 1979 German film Nosferatu.
