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Christopher Coe (1953–1994)

Autore di Such Times

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Comprende il nome: Christopher Coe (Author)

Opere di Christopher Coe

Such Times (1993) 198 copie
I Look Divine (1987) 118 copie

Opere correlate

The Penguin Book of Gay Short Stories (1994) — Collaboratore — 317 copie
Men on Men 2: Best New Gay Fiction (1988) — Collaboratore — 203 copie
Man of My Dreams: Provocative Writing on Men Loving Men (1996) — Collaboratore — 75 copie

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Informazioni generali

Data di nascita
1953
Data di morte
1994-09-06
Sesso
male
Nazionalità
USA
Luogo di morte
New York, New York, USA
Luogo di residenza
New York, New York, USA

Utenti

Recensioni

Very concise and a quick read. A character study of a (fun!) fatal narcissist told through recollections of vignettes by his inert unnamed older brother. Glides to a lukewarm conclusion. I liked it, but I don't know if it's very good.
 
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bozun | 2 altre recensioni | Sep 12, 2023 |
The writing was good, but tedious. The protagonist was neither likable, nor interesting. the metaphor was done well, but this narcissist was very uninteresting.
½
 
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suesbooks | 2 altre recensioni | Jun 28, 2021 |
It reminded me a little bit of RAVELSTEIN in that a straight man narrates the story of a larger-than-life gay man with whom he is fascinated. Also like Bellow's novel, this book is brief, intense, and beautifully written. Ravelstein was Bellow's last novel, I believe, and I Look Divine was Coe's first...even so, the writing is breathtakingly confident. I really enjoyed reading it.
1 vota
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poingu | 2 altre recensioni | Jan 29, 2015 |
While Timothy spends the evening with his closest friend Dominic, preparing for what should be an uneventful dinner, he starts to reminisce about the only great love of his life: Jasper. He discusses how they met, their little quirks, their house in Paris, their strange twenty-year relationship, and their dealings with HIV and AIDS.

I had a love/hate relationship with this novel.

What I loved was the history it provided concerning the early days of the AIDS crisis, what life was like and how the disease changed everything. What I loved was how TImothy changed once he learned his own status. He went from interests in cooking and in music, with which he would begin with gusto only to taper off once his enthusiasm waned, to finally finding something to hold his interest, something to fight against and to keep him active rather than sitting on the sidelines. Timothy questions everything about HIV and AIDS, wants to learn all there is about it, to be up-to-date so that maybe, he will be able to save himself and his friends.

What I hated was the characters themselves. I never believed in Timothy's love for Jasper, a man who seemed to fake an interest in Timothy though he had another, longer-term relationship all the while he and Timothy were together. I wanted Timothy to stop being a wuss, to show as much passion for his own happiness as he was giving to HIV/AIDS research, to give Jasper an ultimatum -- "it's him or me", if you will -- rather than remaining constantly indifferent to where the relationship was really going. At one point early on in the story, after a few hours of passionate lovemaking, Timothy catches Jasper walking around the streets of Paris with a young hustler in his arm -- and he doesn't really do anything other than show a slight distaste, perhaps a little anger, but nothing close to how I felt he should react.

So I give this a mixed review. For a chronicle of early life with HIV and AIDS, "Such Times" is a great read. I just had something else in mind regarding the characters themselves.
… (altro)
 
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ocgreg34 | Feb 10, 2010 |

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Statistiche

Opere
4
Opere correlate
3
Utenti
324
Popolarità
#73,085
Voto
½ 3.6
Recensioni
4
ISBN
13
Lingue
1
Preferito da
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