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"Wrenching in its detail, this account of the author's final two years with his companion Roger Horwitz, who died of AIDS in 1986, personalizes the epidemic's appalling statistics with heartbreaking clarity," wrote PW. Author tour.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.


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"Why don't you write about this? Nobody else does." These words, from one of the doctors treating Monette's lover Roger Horwitz during his well-fought but losing battle with AIDS, prompted this book. Purged of the tendency toward jeremiad he displayed in Love Alone ( LJ 4/1/88), poems written during the last months of Rog's life, Monette has fused "unresolved rage" with eloquence to produce a gripping, accessible, and essential book. Monette captures the everyday minutiae and roller coaster emotions of living with AIDS, taking us from his first personal exposure to the epidemic via an old friend, through the 19 months between Rog's diagnosis and death. Monette's solipsistic dedication to a community of prosperous, white gay men can be annoying, but the book's strength is that it is always annoyingly, believably real. BOMC alternate.Rob Schmieder, Boston
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --Ce texte provient d'une édition qui n'est plus publiée ou qui est non diponible.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 Bravo!, Jui 13 2002
Par "d_moi" (Karachi, Sindh Pakistan) - Voir tous mes commentaires
I had to take two days off from work when I started this book because I just couldnt make myself put it down.

Paul (I write in Frankness because by the end of the book all the charecters become like Family) writes with such simplicity and command that one feels like sitting by a campside listening to a wise man tell a heart wrenching tale.

Moreover, one thing i really admired about monette was that he doesnt try to gain sympathy by cashing in on his life. He doesnt use over dramatization as tools of deploying tears!

I really loved the ending because it brought such a fatal blow and with so little effort that the readers themselves had to grieve.

Furthermore, I learnt a wealth of information about HIV and AIDS from this book. Plus I just couldnt believe the red-tapism in the USA medical system. It really made me angry.

Read this book , Pronto!!
May Paul and his lover rest in peace!!

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5.0étoiles sur 5 Profoundly emotional, Juil 24 2001
Par wielli (Norman, OK) - Voir tous mes commentaires
The story of Paul and Roger starts off as the ultimate love story of two people who found themselves in their partner. Their struggle with Roger's diagnosis and illness just cements that feeling of absolute oneness. I have never read a book as emotionally demanding. I have never cried when closing a book. Until now.
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4.0étoiles sur 5 A classic love story, Mars 31 2001
Par "triblet" (Wellington New Zealand) - Voir tous mes commentaires
More than anything, this book struck me as being a love story. Paul and Roger share a really warm, comfortable life...the kind most people hope to find with a partner. This makes the fact that Roger dies so young, of such a devestating illness, doubly tragic, because of all we know he is leaving behind. Paul Monette was a gifted writer, who showed a great deal of courage when he shared so personal a piece of his life with the world.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 A Must Read
This book is at once beautiful in its execution, and horrifying in its subject matter. Anyone who wants to understand what the beginning of this epidemic was like, and how much... Read more
Publié le Oct. 31 2000 par Terrance H. Heath

5.0étoiles sur 5 One of the most beautiful books ever written
Paul Monette in this book describes in harrowing detail the final months in the life of his lover Roger, and how Roger's deterioration affected both men and their relationship... Read more
Publié le Fév 2 2000 par Frank Cunat

5.0étoiles sur 5 nothing more to say
Paul Monette is a hero for so manny people and this book, Borrowed Time is an ever lasting monument for love and relief. Read more
Publié le Janv. 15 2000 par anna de leeuw

5.0étoiles sur 5 Crying my eyes out
I sat down reading this book, not knowing much about the AIDS epidemic or who was affected. What I learned in Monette's book is not just about suffering and losing a... Read more
Publié le Janv. 5 2000 par bradleyic

5.0étoiles sur 5 Once in a Lifetime
It is difficult for me to express in words the effect this book has had on my life. It is so multi-faceted; an amazingly beautiful love story, a definitive historical account of... Read more
Publié le Déc 30 1999 par deckspinner

5.0étoiles sur 5 An AIDS memoir, but also a love story
I can add nothing original to the wave of praises about this book from the other reviewers. I really appreciated the honesty of his narration, even down to the minute and... Read more
Publié le Déc 13 1999

4.0étoiles sur 5 Compelling Reading
I picked this book up at a used book store years ago and found it utterly heart-wrenching. It is a story of true love under the most tragic of circumstances. Read more
Publié le Nov. 2 1999

5.0étoiles sur 5 Provocative, tragic
I picked this book up in a thrift store last week and have just suffered with Paul and Roger as I read. Immediately I searched Amazon. Read more
Publié le Aoû 19 1999 par CarrotCk@aol.com or Joanie Lagmark

5.0étoiles sur 5 Too difficult to hold, too engaging to put down
Like its prequel "Becoming a Man", Paul Monette's Borrowed Time is exceptionally well-written, and together they form one of the most important autobiographies our... Read more
Publié le Aoû 17 1999 par Dr. Aeyal M. Gross

4.0étoiles sur 5 A real eye-opener
I don't live under a rock but even still, being a gay male in the 90s, I can honestly say I don't know anyone with AIDS. Read more
Publié le Juil 4 1999 par redheadpolyglot

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