Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir
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This “tender and lyrical” memoir (New York Times Book Review) remains one of the most compelling documents of the AIDS era-”searing, shattering, ultimately hope inspiring account of a fantastic like tale” (San Francisco Examiner). A National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and the winner of the PEN Focal top West literary award.
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If you like Paul Monette’s books, you should see the documentary about him–it’s wonderful, and you can listen to him talk about his life, and see his home– it’s called “Brink of Summer’s End” by Monte Bramer, Director.
‘Borrowed Time’ is the most unpretentious, cliche free account of like I’ve read. So much of it’s power lies in what Paul does not say about his lover: describing him most often as his most precious ’supporter’ he questions the reader to know, to implicitly know the strength of his passion. The simple assumption that readers across cities, countries, cultures will know his emotions is what gives the tale so much beauty. I fell in like with both Paul and Roger, or more specifically, the strength of what they had together.
The battle hostile to AIDS and discrimination faced by both men made me bawl, and I hope this book is read by people working through their prejudices and moral judgements about the both the illness and its prevalence in the gay community at the time the events occurred. Surely Paul and Roger’s like can only be seen as something gorgeous that graced the earth, even briefly.
Rating: 5 / 5
More than anything, this book struck me as being a like tale. 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 novelist, who showed a fantastic deal of courage when he mutual so private a piece of his life with the world.
Rating: 4 / 5
Few accounts of real life situations ring absolutely right. There is often a sense of contrivance. Borrowed Time is a develop of how such narrative should be written. Stunning (it stunned me) prose & a heart wrenching (but never gushing) memoir combine to yield a work of rare quality.
Rating: 5 / 5
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.com looking for other writings by Paul Monette and learned of his death in 1995. Now I’m really depressed. I’m honest, white, female, a wife and a mother of a 2 year ancient. Probably not Paul’s expected audience yet he reached me deeply. I feel tremendous compassion for anyone dying of AIDS and for those that like them. I will look for an opportunity to exhibit like to someone with AIDS.
Rating: 5 / 5
Living with HIV and AIDS has changed a lot, from the unknown tragedy to the manageable state, hopefully towards a cure. Nontheless, there are still people who answer very negatively to this situation. “Borrowed time”, past and bestow, has been an outstanding example of role-models we all have a fantastic deal to learn from. It ought to be translated into other languages, at least on behalf of education…
Rating: 5 / 5