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InLove in a Dark Time, Colm Tóibín looks at the life and work of some of the greatest and most influential artists and writers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, figures in the main whose homosexuality remained hidden or oblique for much of their lives. Either by choice or necessity, being gay seemed to come second for many of these writers. Yet in their private lives, and also in the spirit of their work, the laws of desire changed everything for them and made all the difference. Ranging from figures such as Oscar Wilde, born in the 1850s, to Pedro Almodovar, born a hundred years later, this book examines how a changing world altered lives in ways both subtle and fundamental. Colm Tóibín interweaves a close reading of the works with detailed analysis of the personalities behind them, to illuminating effect. This is an exceptional collection of essays on sexuality and creativity.
`Tóibín writes prose of a heart-breaking beauty`Daily Telegraph
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In Love in a Dark Time, Colm Tóibín appraises the life and work of nine highly influential writers and artists of the 19th and 20th centuries. These were figures for whom being gay seemed to come second in their public lives, either by choice or by necessity ? but in their private lives, in their own spirit, the laws of desire changed everything.
From Oscar Wilde, born in the 1850s, to Pedro Almodovar, born a hundred years later, this book studies how a changing world altered gay lives in ways both subtle and profound. Tóibín is drawn with sympathetic fascination to each of his subjects: to Elizabeth Bishop and her artistic triumph over her demons; to James Baldwin, whose own agent advised him to burn the manuscript for Giovanni?s Room; to Francis Bacon for his refusal to play the role of the ?tragic queer?; to unlovable Thomas Mann, victim of his biographers. Colm Tóibín interweaves close reading of the artist?s work with detailed analysis of the personality behind it to illuminating effect.
About the Author
Colm Tóibín was born in Ireland in 1955. He is the author of five novels, most recentlyThe Masterwhich was shorlisted for the 2004 Man Booker Prize. His non-fiction includesBad Blood,Homage to BarcelonaandThe Sign of the Cross. His work has been translated into seventeen languages. He lives in Dublin.
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- PublisherPicador
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 0330491385
- ISBN 13 9780330491389
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