{"product_id":"the-burning-library-essays-9780679754749","title":"The Burning Library: Essays","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the National Book Award honored author of \u003ci\u003eA Previous Life\u003c\/i\u003e and a master of American literature comes a dazzling collection of 25 years of groundbreaking essays that redefined politics, language, identity, and friendship. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A testament to White's versatility, his insatiable curiosity about the emergence of gays in modern American life.... Fascinating.\" --\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlong with his essays of gay experience and desire, this magisterial collection of White's nonfiction writings includes dazzling subversive appreciations of cultural icons as diverse as Truman Capote and Cormac McCarthy, Robert Mapplethorpe and the singer formerly known as Prince.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdmund White \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1940. His fiction includes the autobiographical trilogy \u003ci\u003eA Boy\u003ci\u003e's\u003c\/i\u003e Own Story\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful Room Is Empty\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Farewell Symphony\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as\u003ci\u003e Caracole\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eForgetting Elena\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Nocturnes for the King of Naples\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSkinned Alive\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of short stories. He is also the author of a highly acclaimed biography of Jean Genet, a short study of Proust, a travel book about gay America--\u003ci\u003eStates of Desire\u003c\/i\u003e--and \u003ci\u003eOur Paris\u003c\/i\u003e. He is an officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and teaches at Princeton University. He lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50872747327762,"sku":"9780679754749","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_482eb456-7fc1-489d-92a9-af072c09d25a.jpg?v=1737908187","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-burning-library-essays-9780679754749","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}