Rat Bohemia - Hardcover

Schulman, Sarah

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525937900 ISBN 13: 9780525937906

Publisher: Dutton Adult, 1995

Synopsis

Tells the story of a female rat exterminator from New York City whose friend, a gay writer infected with HIV, struggles for survival in the face of his family's rejection of him. 15,000 first printing. Tour.

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Review:

Sarah Schulman's Rat Bohemia is a witty, moving and sometimes shocking look at how lesbians and gay men are treated by their biological families. Set in contemporary New York, Schulman's characters--Rita, a rat exterminator who works for the city, Killer, a lesbian bohemian, and David, a gay writer with AIDS--are all trying to figure out how to live in a city that is falling apart and how to make peace with the families who ignore them or treat them badly. Schulman's eye for urban detail and her wicked, ironic sense of humor all contribute to making this a profoundly affecting and deeply disturbing look at lesbian and gay life today.

About the Author:

Sarah Schulman is the author of eleven previous books, including eight novels, the latest being The Child (2006). As a journalist, her essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Nation, and Interview. She has won a Guggenheim Fellowship and two American Library Association Gay & Lesbian Book Awards. She lives in New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dutton Adult
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0525937900
• ISBN 13: 9780525937906
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240