Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir

by Paul Monette

Overview

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). A National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and the winner of the PEN Center West literary award.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780156005814
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	06/01/1998
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	6 Years

About the Author

Paul Monette (1945-1995) is the author of many books, including seven novels, four volumes of poetry, and several highly praised nonfiction works, such as Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir. In 1992, he received the National Book Award for Becoming a Man. He died of AIDS complications in 1995.

What People are Saying About This

Ned Rorem

How could any reader fail to be overwhelmed by this book, at once unbearable and fascinating, about a mystery which affects everyone on earth.

Pauline Kael

It's a heroic exposure; Monette has captured the hysteria that feeling ineffective brings on. And there are darting shafts of wit -- expressions of his anger at people who are untouched by the suffering. They're not likely to be untouched if they read this book.

Editorial Reviews

A searing, shattering, ultimately hope-inspiring account of a great love story.

San Francisco Examiner

Tragic...intense...a book of terrible beauty.

Washington Post Book World