
The Blue House
Sky Gilbert(Author)
Cormorant Books (Publisher)
Published on 16. August 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
250 pages
978-1-77086-752-9 (ISBN)
Description
Rupert Goldmann's "memoirs" trace the story of his life as a child-prodigy cello virtuoso, his flirtations and relationships, his experiences as an unrewarded composer, and his eventual, much-interrupted attempt to retreat into the world of his imagination.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Canada
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 213 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
236 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-77086-752-9 (9781770867529)
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Person
Sky Gilbert is an author, playwright, director, and drag queen extraordinaire. He studied at York University and obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. In 1978, he co-founded Buddies in Bad Times, now the largest and longest-running queer theatre company in the world. Sky is the author of eight previous novels, more than thirty plays, three volumes of poetry, and three works of non-fiction. He has been awarded three Dora Mavor Moore Awards, the Pauline McGibbon Award, and the Silver Ticket Award, and has a street named after him in Toronto. In 2005, he won the ReLit Award for his fourth novel, An English Gentleman, published by Cormorant Books.