They Change the Subject
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University of Wisconsin Press
Published:30th Jun '05
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
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.
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 Cash
ISBN: 9780299214746
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 228g
160 pages