Neons - Hardcover

Belloc, Denis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0879238585 ISBN 13: 9780879238582

Publisher: David R. Godine, Publisher, 1991

Synopsis

In this brilliant tale of violent sexuality, set forth in stark, hypnotic prose, Denis Belloc presents a straightforward narrative of the homosexual underworld in 1960s Paris. As a young child, Denis (autobiographical parallels are intentional) witnesses his father's death in a sideshow boxing match and is left with nothing but faded photographs. Numbed by his mother's neglect and her new husband's abusive treatment, he turns to Paris's teeming street life and to the sordid corners of the city's "tearooms" (public restrooms). He is absorbed quickly into a world of physical and emotional prostitution, and finds temporary stability only with a few lovers and friends. Belloc's detached style is devoid of self-pity, and creates a savage, involving tension. Blasphemous, unrelenting, uninhibited, this novel will leave no one indifferent.

About this title

About the Author:

William Rodarmor is a veteran French literary translator, writer, and editor. His translation of Tamata and the Alliance, by Bernard Moitessier, won the 1996 Lewis Galantiere Award from the American Translators Association. His recent translations include The Book of Time trilogy, by Guillaume Prevost, Diasporas, by Stephane Dufoix (Univ. of Calif. Press, 2008), and Julien Parme, by Florian Zeller (Other Press, 2008). He lives in Berkeley, California.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

About this edition

• Publisher: David R. Godine, Publisher
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0879238585
• ISBN 13: 9780879238582
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 114