{"product_id":"twilight-men","title":"Twilight Men","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Andre Tellier\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Pyramid G262\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1957 Print: 1 Cover Price: $.35\u003cbr\u003eCondition: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vintagebookseller.myshopify.com\/pages\/paperback-book-grading\" title=\"Book Grades\"\u003eBook Grades.\u003c\/a\u003e Very Good. Light wear. \u003cbr\u003eGenre: Fiction\/\u003cbr\u003ePages: 224\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e70126019E\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan data-bm=\"55\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in 1931, this is an extremely uncommon early novel set in New York City of homosexuality and a young man whose gay tendencies infuriates his father, who attempts to set him upon the \"path of normality\" by hiring a mistress to seduce him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-bm=\"44\"\u003eThe novel follows \u003c\/span\u003eArmand\u003cspan data-bm=\"46\"\u003e, an aristocratic, effeminate, and gay young man, illegitimate son of Comte Edmond de Rasbon. Rejected by his father for being “womanish” and unlike his image of a successful heir, Armand is raised by his uncle, Josef Bironge, in a secluded estate \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-bm=\"48\"\u003eArmand’s life is marked by romantic and emotional setbacks:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe is courted by his father’s mistress, Marianne Dodon, who seduces him but ends up in love with him, leaving him bitter \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-bm=\"49\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe falls in love with his cousin Lucien, but Lucien’s illness and refusal to share his life with Armand deepen his isolation .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn London, Armand meets his tutor, Jean Mareau, and begins to explore his identity as a poet and a man who loves other men \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-bm=\"50\"\u003eAfter the deaths of two loves, Armand moves to New York City in search of self-discovery. There, he finds a small but supportive community among artistic queer men, but his naivety, drinking, and drug use lead him into moral and personal ruin .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-bm=\"52\"\u003eThe novel’s tone is melodramatic and contrived by modern standards, with a focus on tragic love, social rejection, and the challenges of queer visibility in the early 20th century . It also contains a distinctive, sometimes surreal, attention to interior spaces and psychological states\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);' data-sfc-inited=\"2\" data-sfc-cb=\"aLfeH=\u0026amp;QH2O0e_0:aLfeH;ItcyCc=\u0026amp;QH2O0e_0:ItcyCc;bCcIof=\u0026amp;QH2O0e_0:bCcIof\" data-wiz-uids=\"QH2O0e_d,QH2O0e_b,QH2O0e_e,QH2O0e_c,QH2O0e_f\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" aria-hidden=\"false\" class=\"\" data-xid=\"m3fCN\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHdQH2O0e_0\/opG4zf|QH2O0e_a\/JnZUmf;QH2O0e_a\/BIayDf;QH2O0e_a\/EzCsIe|[{\u0026quot;s\u0026quot;:false,\u0026quot;i\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;QH2O0e_0\/opG4zf\u0026quot;}]--\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);' data-complete=\"true\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cp=\"\"\u003e\u003c!--qkimaf QH2O0e_0\/WyzG9e--\u003e\u003c!--cqw1tb QH2O0e_0\/WyzG9e--\u003e\u003c!--qkimaf QH2O0e_0\/lC1IR--\u003e\u003c!--cqw1tb QH2O0e_0\/lC1IR--\u003e\u003c!--qkimaf QH2O0e_0\/Y6wv1e--\u003e\u003c!--cqw1tb QH2O0e_0\/Y6wv1e--\u003e\u003cspan data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\u003c!--qkimaf QH2O0e_0\/EZFthd--\u003e\u003c!--qkimaf QH2O0e_0\/nkGDxf--\u003e\u003c!--cqw1tb QH2O0e_0\/nkGDxf--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vintagebookseller","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52267071242471,"sku":"70126019E","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/0537\/files\/img380_036892e7-2eb0-4499-b7eb-f8d01fb8b28c.jpg?v=1782855412","url":"https:\/\/vintagebookseller.myshopify.com\/products\/twilight-men","provider":"Vintage Bookseller ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}