Edmund White
White is the most important American literary chronicler of gay life from the Stonewall era to the AIDS crisis, combining memoir, fiction, and biography with a Proustian attention to desire and social milieu. A Boy's Own Story established him as a canonical voice.
Works
- A Boy's Own StorySemi-autobiographical novel about a gay boy's coming of age and sexual awakening
- The Beautiful Room Is EmptySecond novel following protagonist through college years and intensifying self-awareness
- The Farewell SymphonyFinal volume of trilogy chronicling protagonist's life through 1970s New York gay scene
- City BoyNovel following a homosexual man's journey from Midwest to New York City seeking life
- My LivesComprehensive memoir spanning White's entire life from childhood through old age