Nude Men
 | |
| Author | Amanda Filipacchi |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Viking |
Publication date | 1993 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 288pp |
| ISBN | 0-670-84785-2 |
| OCLC | 26672255 |
| 813/.54 20 | |
| LC Class | PS3556.I428 N83 1993 |
| Followed by | Vapor |
Nude Men is the 1993 debut novel by American writer Amanda Filipacchi. At age twenty-two, she wrote it as her thesis for Columbia University's graduate creative writing program.[1] It was published by Viking in hardback and by Penguin in paperback, and was translated into 13 languages, including French, Turkish, and Hebrew.[2][3] The Chicago Tribune wrote that it was "reminiscent of some of Philip Roth's zanier explorations of identity and sexuality."[4] Kirkus Reviews noted that it "combines the techniques of Thomas McGuane with bits of Lolita and The Picture of Dorian Gray."[5]
Plot summary
Nude Men is about a twenty-nine-year-old man who is sexually pursued by a "precocious 11-year-old... who makes Lolita look like a Girl Scout."[6]
The novel explores the man's horror at his own attraction, and recounts his efforts at resisting her persistent advances.
References
- ↑ Edgar, Kathleen. Contemporary Authors. Cengage Gale, 1996, p. 137.
- ↑ "Trove: Nude men / Amanda Filipacchi". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
- ↑ Including German, French, Slovak, Danish, Dutch, Turkish, German, French, Italian, Hebrew, Swedish, and Russian. "Records in Index Translationum database". Index Translationum. UNESCO. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ↑ "Unpredictably Original: Finding Signs Of Hope In Three Very Different First Novels". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
- ↑ "Nude Men". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
- ↑ "Skin Deep". New York Magazine. Retrieved 2013-05-04.