Als, Hilton
My Pinup
- ISBN 13:
- 9780811234498
- author:
- Als, Hilton
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- New Directions Publishing Corporation
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2022
- Pages:
- 48
- Dimensions:
- 17.8 x 10.9 x 0.8 centimetres
- Genre:
- Biography, Composers & Musicians, Biography,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
A poignant and deeply personal memoir by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Hilton Als, My Pinup is a powerful exploration of love, loss, and identity. Als weaves together a complex tapestry of memories, desires, and longings, drawing on his experiences as a queer man in the 1980s nightclub scene and his enduring fascination with Prince. Through a series of vivid and often painful recollections, Als grapples with the tensions between desire and violence, love and loss. His writing is both surprising and moving, plumbing the depths of longing and the complexities of human connection. This is a book about the search for true love and acceptance, and the ways in which our deepest desires can be both exhilarating and devastating.