A previous life: another posthumous novel
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Published:
New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
270 pages ; 25 cm
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781635577273, 1635577276, 9781635577273, 1635577276

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"Sicilian aristocrat and musician, Ruggero, and his younger American wife, Constance, agree to break their marital silence and write their Confessions. Until now they had a ban on speaking about the past, since transparency had wrecked their previous marriages. As the two alternate reading the memoirs they've written about their lives, Constance reveals her multiple marriages to older men, and Ruggero details the affairs he's had with men and women across his lifetime-most importantly his passionate affair with the author Edmund White. Sweeping outward from the isolated Swiss ski chalet where the couple reads to travel through Europe and the United States, White's new novel pushes for a broader understanding of sexual orientation and pairs humor and truth to create his most fascinating and complex characters to date. As in all of White's earlier novels, this is a searing, scintillating take on physical beauty and its inevitable decline. But in this experimental new mode-one where the author has laid himself bare as a secondary character-White explores the themes of love and age through numerous eyes, hearts and minds. Delightful, irreverent, and experimental, A Previous Life proves once more why White is considered a master of American literature."--Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation (style guide)

White, E. (2021). A previous life: another posthumous novel. New York, Bloomsbury Publishing.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

White, Edmund, 1940-. 2021. A Previous Life: Another Posthumous Novel. New York, Bloomsbury Publishing.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

White, Edmund, 1940-, A Previous Life: Another Posthumous Novel. New York, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.

MLA Citation (style guide)

White, Edmund. A Previous Life: Another Posthumous Novel. New York, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.

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