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Manhood: A Journey from Childhood into the Fierce Order of Virility
Michel Leiris
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Description for Manhood: A Journey from Childhood into the Fierce Order of Virility
paperback. Translator(s): Howard, Richard. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 173 x 10. Weight in Grams: 256.
"Not only one of the frankest of autobiographies, but also a brilliantly written book, Leiris' Manhood mingles memories, philosophic reflections, sexual revelation, meditations on bullfighting, and the life-long progress of self-discovery."—Washington Post Book World
"Leiris writes to appall, and thereby to receive from his readers the gift of a strong emotion—the emotion needed to defend himself against the indignation and disgust he expects to arouse in his readers."—Susan Sontag, New York Review of Books
"Not only one of the frankest of autobiographies, but also a brilliantly written book, Leiris' Manhood mingles memories, philosophic reflections, sexual revelation, meditations on bullfighting, and the life-long progress of self-discovery."—Washington Post Book World
"Leiris writes to appall, and thereby to receive from his readers the gift of a strong emotion—the emotion needed to defend himself against the indignation and disgust he expects to arouse in his readers."—Susan Sontag, New York Review of Books
Product Details
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226471419
SKU
V9780226471419
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