{"product_id":"edmund-whites-a-boys-own-edmund-white-9781603095082","title":"Edmund White's a Boy's Own Story: The Graphic Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eA landmark American novel, hailed by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eas J.D. Salinger crossed with Oscar Wilde, is masterfully reimagined as a timeless graphic novel.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Boy's Own Story\u003c\/i\u003e is a now-classic coming-of-age story, but with a twist: the young protagonist is growing up gay during one of the most oppressive periods in American history. Set in the time and place of author Edmund White's adolescence, the Midwest of the 1950s, the novel became an immediate bestseller and, for many readers, was not merely about gay identity but the pain of being a child in a fractured family while looking for love in an anything-but-stable world. And yet the book quickly contributed to the literature of empowerment that grew out of the Stonewall riots and subsequent gay rights era. Readers are still swept up in the main character's thoughts and dry humor, and many today remain shocked by the sexually confessional, and bold, nature of his revelations, his humorous observations, the comic situations and scenes the strangely erudite youthful narrator describes, the tenderness of his loneliness, and the vivid aching of his imagination. \u003ci\u003eA Boy's Own Story\u003c\/i\u003e is lyrical, witty, unabashed, and authentic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, to bring this landmark novel to new life for today's readers, White is joined by co-writers Brian Alessandro and Michael Carroll and artist Igor Karash for a stunning graphic novel interpretation. The poetic nuances of White's language float across sumptuously painted panels that evoke 1950s Cincinnati, 1980s Paris, and every dreamlike moment in between. The result is a creative adaptation, in collaboration with Closure Creative, of the original 1982 \u003ci\u003eA Boy's Own Story\u003c\/i\u003e with additional personal and historical elements from the authors' lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edmund White\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 160309508X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781603095082\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Top Shelf Productions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/03\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 11.30w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/27\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/28\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/13\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/31\/2023 pg. 1","brand":"Edmund White","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44058836041983,"sku":"9781603095082","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bea9d86d-047b-48b5-843e-a4e2b22865eb.jpg?v=1685054785","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/edmund-whites-a-boys-own-edmund-white-9781603095082","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}