Paul Monette
Monette's Borrowed Time is the most anguished and beautifully written memoir of the AIDS crisis, documenting the illness and death of his partner Roger Horwitz with a grief that transformed into the most important personal testimony of the epidemic.
Works
- Borrowed TimeMemoir documenting partner's prolonged illness and death during early AIDS crisis
- Becoming a ManMemoir of Monette's journey toward self-acceptance and identity as gay man
- AfterlifeCollection of essays reflecting on loss and grief in the wake of AIDS deaths
- Half-LifeEssays documenting Monette's own illness and the remaining half-life before his death
- Last Watch of the NightCollection of essays written near end of life reflecting on mortality and living fully