The White book
Le Livre blanc
1st City Light ed.
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Author
Publication
1989 - City Lights Books, San Francisco, California
Language
English
Word Count
19,000 words, Guess
Page Count
76 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL2188945M
- ISBN-100872862380
- OCLC Control Number19553288
- Library of Congress Control Number89007205
- Goodreads420816
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- LibraryThing109596
Classifications
- DDC843/.912
- LCCPQ2605.O15 L513 1989
Alternate Titles
- Livre blanc
Description
Le Livre Blanc, a "white paper" on homosexual love, was first published anonymously in France by Cocteau's contemporary Maurice Sachs and was at once decried as by the critics as obscene. It is now possible to issue it under Cocteau's name. The semi-autobiographical narrative describes a youth's love affairs with a succession of boys and men during the early years of this century. The young man's self-deceptive attempts to find fulfilment, first through women and then by way of the church, are movingly conveyed; the book ends with a strong plea for male homosexuality to be accepted without censure. The book is fully illustrated and includes many woodcuts by the author.
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