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- They Change the Subject
- Book
- 2005
- Published by: University of Wisconsin Press
summary
Treacherously comic and poignant, the autobiographical stories in They Change the Subject follow a young man’s quest for identity through love and desire. Sustained by a single voice, the stories simultaneously offer a fractured novel and stand, powerfully, on their own. At the center of each tale is the heightened, visceral possibility of unexpected emotional encounters—from an escort’s dates in Manhattan hotels to a photo shoot that doubles as seduction. Always pushing toward a bigger shiver of passion, Martin’s young-man-on-the-make learns how to adapt his persona to suit his lovers’ needs and tries to embrace his own experience—and his self—by becoming the purest object of desire.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- I
- It Takes Me Foreverto Get Home
- pp. 8-12
- A Model Love
- pp. 13-25
- Anonymous Glory
- pp. 26-32
- Undated Days
- pp. 35-46
- Now I Can't Kiss Anyonefor a While
- pp. 47-48
- 2
- Initial Proposition
- pp. 53-54
- What's in Front of Him
- pp. 67-75
- The Heart of Paris
- pp. 80-88
- 3
- The Island
- pp. 91-93
- 21, Compositions
- pp. 94-103
- They Change the Subject
- pp. 110-138
- An Attempt
- pp. 139-146
Additional Information
ISBN
9780299214739
Related ISBN(s)
9780299214746
MARC Record
OCLC
180771369
Pages
156
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2005