The Farewell Symphony
.jpg) Cover of the first US edition | |
| Author | Edmund White |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Chip Kidd |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Autobiographical Novel |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
Publication date | 1997 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 413 pp |
| ISBN | 0-679-43477-1 |
| OCLC | 37538014 |
| 813/.54 21 | |
| LC Class | PS3573.H463 F37 1997 |
The Farewell Symphony is a 1997 semi-autobiographical novel by Edmund White.
It is the third of a trilogy of novels, being preceded by A Boy's Own Story (1982) and The Beautiful Room Is Empty (1988). It depicts the later adulthood of its protagonist and documents his experience of homosexuality from the 1960s to the 1990s.
Allusions to other works
The title alludes to the "Farewell" Symphony by Joseph Haydn.
Criticism
Writing in The Wall Street Journal, James Wolcott suggested that the book "might have been more honestly titled Hilly Buttocks I Have Known." He concluded, "Edmund White the writer has given way to Edmund White the trashy raconteur. It's the same fate that befell Truman Capote, and it wasn't pretty then either."[1]
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