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The Autobiography of My Body

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The Autobiography of My Body
First edition
AuthorDavid Guy
LanguageEnglish
PublisherDutton
Publication date
1991
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages320 pp
ISBN0-525-24974-5
OCLC22311079
813/.54 20
LC ClassPS3557.U89 A94 1991

The Autobiography of My Body is a novel by the American writer David Guy set in 1980s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[1]

It tells the story of the sexual liberation of Charles Bradford, who after a bad marriage has returned to his hometown to be near his ailing father. There he meets Andrea, a feminist and political activist, and they start a torrid affair that forces him to reexamine his life.[2]

Reaction

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The New York Times called it "an intimate portrait of a man torn between appetite and intellect, a sort of Portnoy's Complaint for gentiles" and a "painstaking explication of habit and longing" in an ambiguous review.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "David Guy, Contemporary Authors Online, Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2008". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ "The Autobiography of My Body (1991), Publishers Weekly, 1991". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ Ferguson, Sarah (1991-03-17). "IN SHORT: FICTION". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-05-16.

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