Private Worlds: Growing Up Gay in Post-War Britain

By: Jeremy Seabrook

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Synopsis: 'All profound relationships have the quality of being a folie a deux; an intimate departure from reality, an imaginative creation of a world apart; perhaps this is a way of calling forth meaning – the merging of senseless subjectivities.' In 1950s suburban England, a friendship bloomed between Jeremy Seabrook and Michael O’Neill - both gay men coming of age during a time when homosexuality was still a crime. Their relationship was inflected by secrecy and fear; the shadows that had distorted their adolescent years were never wholly dispelled, long into their adult life. Lyrical, candid and poignant, this is a tale of sexual identity, working-class history and family drama. A memoir of unparalleled authenticity, Private Worlds is an elegy for a doomed friendship.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9780745348438
Related ISBNs:: 9780745348421, 9780745348445
Publisher:: Pluto Press
Date of Addition:: 04/19/23
Copyrighted By:: Jeremy Seabrook
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender, Social Studies
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.

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