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Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story (1994)

di Paul Monette

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Paul Monette's National Book Award-winning memoir hailed as a classic coming-out story Paul Monette grew up all-American, Catholic, overachieving . . . and closeted. As a child of the 1950s, a time when a kid suspected of being a "homo" would routinely be beaten up, Monette kept his secret throughout his adolescence. He wrestled with his sexuality for the first thirty years of his life, priding himself on his ability to "pass" for straight. The story of his journey to adulthood and to self-acceptance with grace and honesty, this intimate portrait of a young man's struggle with his own desires is witty, humorous, and deeply felt. Before his death of complications from AIDS in 1995, Monette was an outspoken activist crusading for gay rights. Becoming a Man shows his courageous path to stand up for his own right to love and be loved. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Paul Monette including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the Paul Monette papers of the UCLA Library Special Collections.… (altro)
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    aulsmith: Monette was just a little older than Delany, but the marked difference in their coming out and their growth as writers says much about the times they lived in.
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A very moving story and a remarkable man! After reading this I wanted to know more about Monette. Written while he was struggling with AIDS, which made his story that much more powerful. ( )
  dale01 | Apr 4, 2024 |
I was expecting to like this book, somewhat. I found it profoundly disappointing. The narcissism got to be way too much, as well as a lot of other things. ( )
  homeschoolmimzi | Nov 28, 2016 |
Humble Bundle (https://www.humblebundle.com/sierra-bundle) heeft eens in de zoveel tijd een bundel met e-boeken rondom een bepaald onderwerp of schrijver. Daar kun je dan voor betalen wat jij vindt dat het waard is en kun je ook aangeven hoeveel daarvan naar een goed doel gaat. Een sympathieke manier van boeken verkopen wat mij betreft. En zo heb ik de LGBTQ-bundle aangeschaft zonder werkelijk te weten wat daarin zat.
Een van de boeken was Becoming a Man van Paul Monette. En zonder enige voorkennis ben ik aan deze autobiografie begonnen.

De volledige titel is Becoming a man: Half a life story. En gelukkig maar dat dit de eerste helft van zijn leven is geweest en daarna de omslag is gekomen want man o man, wat deprimerend. Paul Monette vertelt over het deel van zijn leven waarin hij in de kast is gebleven. Daar zat hij niet eens zo zeer omdat anderen dit hadden gezegd maar omdat hij dat zelf wilde. Om zijn natuurlijke manier van zijn te verbergen, ging hij zich anders voordoen dan hij was en deed zelfs tot een bepaald moment mee met andere jongens voor homo uitschelden om zelf uit de wind te blijven van de bullebakken. Ik had moeite om door te lezen omdat dit zoveel antipathie bij mij opriep en zo tegen mijn eigen natuur ingaat.
Ik vind het dan ook knap dat Paul Monette geen moeite heeft gedaan om in dit boek zichzelf als een beter persoon af te schilderen dan hij was. Dit geeft een totaal beeld van een opgroeiend mens die worstelt met zijn eigen seksuele identiteit waarbij zowel zijn eigen ideeën als die van de maatschappij om hem heen een grote rol speelt.

In zijn latere leven dat zich afspeelt na dit boek is hij een bekend voorvechter geworden voor de rechten van homoseksuelen en heeft gestreden voor meer geld voor onderzoek om AIDS te bestrijden. Uiteindelijk is hij in de jaren negentig zelf aan AIDS gestorven. Maar niet zonder een belangrijke erfenis aan geschriften achter te laten.

Voor mij heeft dit boek mij meer inzicht gegeven in hoe ideeën in iemand zijn hoofd een leven op bijna desastreuze wijze kan bepalen en dat het blijven open staan voor alle mogelijke andere ideeën altijd de beste keuze is. ( )
1 vota Niekchen | Sep 4, 2016 |
Monette's searing anger at his oppressors, which include his younger self, make this book, in my opinion, just as relevant today as it was when it was written. It's not like there aren't millions of people on the planet trying to stuff queer folk back into their closets. I highly recommend this book to anyone who's struggling with being different. ( )
  aulsmith | Jun 30, 2015 |
Absolutely unflinching memoir about what it was like to grow up gay before it was ok to be gay publicly. ( )
  klandring | Apr 19, 2015 |
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Paul Monette's National Book Award-winning memoir hailed as a classic coming-out story Paul Monette grew up all-American, Catholic, overachieving . . . and closeted. As a child of the 1950s, a time when a kid suspected of being a "homo" would routinely be beaten up, Monette kept his secret throughout his adolescence. He wrestled with his sexuality for the first thirty years of his life, priding himself on his ability to "pass" for straight. The story of his journey to adulthood and to self-acceptance with grace and honesty, this intimate portrait of a young man's struggle with his own desires is witty, humorous, and deeply felt. Before his death of complications from AIDS in 1995, Monette was an outspoken activist crusading for gay rights. Becoming a Man shows his courageous path to stand up for his own right to love and be loved. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Paul Monette including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the Paul Monette papers of the UCLA Library Special Collections.

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