Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir, (Paperback)

from picardyrose

Brilliant at the time, but we were not as inured to people dying.

from homeschoolmimzi

This was on a friend's list, and since I love memoirs, I picked it up at the library. I haven't read anything like this before. The context couldn't be more foreign to me- Gay intellectuals of 1980's West Hollywood. The writing is superb though. Paul Monette was obviously a gifted poet, narrator ...

from deldevries

Well written. A detailed walk through the lives of some of the AIDS stories of the 1980's. Not always easy to read, but I understand why it has been included in the 100 New Classics list.

from rainpebble

Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir by Paul Monette; (4*) It was really difficult to pull my head out of this memoir. I took my time reading it and found myself very caught up in the lives of Monette and the people he wrote about. I also found myself much more sympathetic with Paul's lover, Roger, than...

from cyafer

Very touching, if a little long-winded at times.