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When Jonathan Died by Duvert; Tony Duvert is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is When Jonathan Died about?

Like so many novels, this book is the story of a love affair. What is less usual is that Jonathan, an artist, is almost thirty when the story starts, while Serge is a boy of eight. Jonathan had got to know Serge and his mother Barbara in Paris the previous year . Tired of the city and confused by the stress of this relationship, Jonathan shut himself away in a remote village. But his retreat is disturbed when Barbara needs someone to look after Serge for the summer while she travels abroad. Like all lovers, Jonathan and Serge create their own microcosm of domestic and erotic ritual, but theirs is a world that shatters on contact with the surrounding society. Tony Duvert was respected in France for both fiction and essays, but the uncompromising motif that pervades his work has tended to barr him from reaching English readers. GMP first published this book in English. "His cool and matter-of-fact portrayal of a sensitive theme is a welcome alternative to the hysteria surrounding the age taboo in the English-speaking countries."

Author

Duvert; Tony Duvert

Publisher

Gay Men's Press

Published

1978

Language

EN

ISBN

9780854491544