
They Change the Subject
Douglas A. Martin(Author)
University of Wisconsin Press
Published on 30. June 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-0-299-21474-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book lets passionate encounters unfold like bits of film. Treacherously comic and poignant, the stories in ""They Change the Subject"" follow a young man's quest for identity through love and desire. Sustained by a single voice, the stories simultaneously offer a fractured novel and stand, powerfully, on their own. At the center of each tale is the heightened, visceral possibility of unexpected emotional encounters - from an escort's dates in Manhattan hotels to a photo shoot that doubles as seduction. Always pushing toward a bigger shiver of passion, Martin's young-man-on-the-make learns how to adapt his persona to suit his lovers' needs and tries to embrace his own experience - and his self - by becoming the purest object of desire.
Reviews / Votes
Douglas Martin is a polished, inventive, soulful writer, and this collection is a short, sweet, full contemplation of desire and love. - Mack Friedman, author of Strapped for CashMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Wisconsin
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 238 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
232 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-299-21474-6 (9780299214746)
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Person
Douglas A. Martin's first novel, Outline of My Lover, was nominated for the American Library Association's GLBT Book Award, a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award, and named an international book of the year in the Times Literary Supplement. It has been adapted in part by the Ballett Frankfurt for the production Kammer/Kammer. The author of two collections of poetry, Martin currently teaches at New School University in New York.