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Ladataan... The Men from the Boys (1997)Tekijä: William J. Mann
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This classic novel by bestselling author William J. Mann features a gay man trying to come to terms with sex, friendship, aging, and falling--and staying--in love This stunning slice of gay life at the turn of the millennium introduces thirtysomething Jeff O'Brien. After six years, his lover, Lloyd, has just announced that the passion between them has died. Terrified of ending up alone, Jeff turns his eye toward other men. But the anonymous, impersonal encounters leave him feeling sordid and used. In search of love during this "last summer in which I am to be young," he finds romance with a beautiful houseboy named Eduardo. At twenty-two, Eduardo is the same age Jeff was when he began a relationship with the older David Javitz, a leading activist now gravely ill with AIDS. But David became more than a lover to Jeff, who wasn't yet out of the closet. He was his mentor and cherished friend. Narrated by Jeff, who's caught between the baby boomers and generation X, the novel shuttles between summers in Provincetown and winters in Boston. The Men from the Boys is about the illusive nature of love and desire--"the magic that happens across a dance floor," leaving you "forever young." Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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The story is structured an interesting way with two years of the lives of his lover, Lloyd Griffin, and mentor, David Javitz, who has and is dying from complications of AIDS, interwoven with each other. 1994 then 1995 are interchanged throughout the course of the book, with the story following the characters in both Boston and Providence, where we are introduced into Jeff's life, his open relationship with Lloyd and his love for his mentor Javitz. It's a fascinating look into an unusual family structure that works for these three men, yet at the same time creates its own problems and complications.
Because of the open relationship, Jeff and Lloyd are both free to explore others in their lives. This, however, is starting to get harder for the pair of them and Lloyd is beginning to drift away from Jeff, until one day he announces that he wants a separation. For his part, Jeff is someone who doesn't take change, criticism or loss very well. He's self centered, too, which affects how his tricks and especially the young man he hooks up with, see and react to him.
Getting older doesn't help either, especially in the youth driven world in which Jeff wants to stay. He feels increasingly distant from this world, as if his getting age lines and crow's feet around the eyes is a detriment, rather than a sign of his getting better. This is a theme is carried into the next book
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[1]Which I hate with a passion, so why I keep reading stories written this way is a mystery to me! (