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Edmund White

Edmund White was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1940. His fiction includes the autobiographical trilogy A Boy’s Own Story, The Beautiful Room Is Empty, and The Farewell Symphony, as well as Caracole, Forgetting Elena, Nocturnes for the King of Naples, and Skinned Alive, a collection of short stories. He is also the author of a highly acclaimed biography of Jean Genet, a short study of Proust, a travel book about gay America—States of Desire—and Our Paris. He is an officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and teaches at Princeton University. He lives in New York City.
A Boy's Own Story
Marcel Proust
The Married Man
The Farewell Symphony
Caracole
Skinned Alive
The Burning Library
The Beautiful Room Is Empty
Genet
Forgetting Elena

Books

A Boy's Own Story
Marcel Proust
The Married Man
The Farewell Symphony
Caracole
Skinned Alive
The Burning Library
The Beautiful Room Is Empty
Genet
Forgetting Elena

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