The Other Sleep
Published on 27. February 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-1-901285-28-4 (ISBN)
Description
<blockquote>Standing on the bridge, in the heart of Paris, a little boy is afraid; his cousin Claude is holding him by the ankles above the murky waters of the Seine</blockquote>
This startling opening paragraph will become a backdrop to his subsequent memories as a young man of a childhood marked by sadness. Within him, a struggle is taking place between the sheer wild joy of being alive and the despondency of existence. And it is in Paris, a Paris exquisitely etched, that his unspoken passion for Claude gradually unfolds.
<strong>Julian Green</strong> (1900-1998) was born of American parents in Paris, where he spent most of his life until his death in August 1998. Bilingual, the majority of his sixty- two books, which consisted of novels, essays, plays, as well as the sixteen volumes of his celebrated Journal, were written in French.
Reviews / Votes
The Other Sleep was, said Green, an act of self-deception; but in deceiving himself he produced something visionary and timeless ... this is rather more than a fictional exercise, it is a brave and extraordinarily honest account of the of the adolescence of Julian Green himself ... more than interesting, a true work of art -- Nicholas Lezard * The Guardian * Green offers an elliptical coming-out tale ... elegant and hugely atmospheric -- Simon Lovat * Gay Times * The Other Sleep is written with humour and a poet's lightness of touch... This is a book about pleasure itself, and the misery it can bring with its joy ... I found it inspired personal recollection; it is like entering the mind-set of a teenage boy * QX International *More details
Persons
Julian Green (1900-1998) was born of American parents in Paris, where he spent most of his life until his death in August 1998. Bilingual, the majority of his sixty- two books, which consisted of novels, essays, plays, as well as the sixteen volumes of his celebrated Journal, were written in French.