Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir
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| Rating | : | 4.93 (892 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0156005816 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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A National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and the winner of the PEN Center West literary award.. This "tender and lyrical" memoir (New York Times Book Review) remains one of the most compelling documents of the AIDS era-"searing, shattering, ultimately hope inspiring account of a great love story" (San Francisco Examiner)
Monette brings to the narrative a poet's eye for the telling image or metaphor, and makes this far more than a simple compendium of medical disasters: the memoir transcends the particulars of the AIDS epidemic to stand as an eloquent testimonial to the power of love and the devastation of loss, the courage of the ill and the anger, fear and dedication of their loved ones. gay elite, Horwitz was no typical AIDS patient: Monette maneuvered him into various experimental programs (he was the first AIDS patient west of the Mississippi to have access to AZT), and the firsthand glimpse of the "netherworld of the sick," negotiating the byzantine route to the next "magic bullet" offers vivid confirmation of the human cost of the government's initial policy of i
Brit_Girl said More than an AIDS Memoir. What is now unfortunately a long forgotten time in the genesis of AIDS, this book is a haunting tale of great pain and loss, but ultimately the love of two men struggling to survive a time in history that society wanted no part of. Paul shows us with great lyrical prose the worst that life can bring and how that can be transformed into lasting writing that matters. Their story needed to be told and the world should take note and continue forward with their movement, if only to be thankful for his cour. For love. They testified to the horrors and became heroes Miss M The most eloquent, loving, and brutally honest memoirs of the AIDS early era. We were all afraid, but some people fought to remain human. They fought for pride. For love. They testified to the horrors and became heroes. I love this memoir so much. mbr. Sean808080 said This beautifully written account of one couple's valiant struggle in the. It's for those of us that were there and for those of us that weren't. This beautifully written account of one couple's valiant struggle in the earliest days of the AIDS crisis. One of the best. It should be mandatory reading for everyone. It's all there: devotion, loyalty, literacy, trust, family, life and death.