Two Boys Kissing, Paperback

Descriere

""You have to read this."" --Rainbow Rowell, bestselling author of Eleanor & Park In his follow-up to tthe New York Times bestselling author of Every Day, and David Levithan, coauthor of bestsellers Will Grayson, Will Grayson (with John Green) and Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist (with Rachel Cohn), crafts a novel that the Los Angeles Times calls ""open, frank, and ultimately optimistic."" Based on true events--and narrated by a Greek Chorus of the generation of gay men lost to AIDS--Two Boys Kissing follows Harry and Craig, two seventeen-year-olds who are about to take part in a 32-hour marathon of kissing to set a new Guinness World Record. While the two increasingly dehydrated and sleep-deprived boys are locking lips, they become a focal point in the lives of other teens dealing with universal questions of love, identity, and belonging. Named to the National Book Award Longlist A Lambda Literary Award Winner A Stonewall Honor Book ""An intriguing, complex narrative with an unusual point of view... and] a quality of retrospection that is rare (and refreshing) in YA literature."" --The Washington Post From the Hardcover edition.

Despre autor

David Levithan

autor și editor american de literatură pentru tineri · n. 1972

David Levithan este un autor și editor american de ficțiune pentru tineri. A scris numeroase lucrări care prezintă personaje gay masculine puternice, cele mai notabile fiind Boy Meets Boy și Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List. Șase dintre cărțile lui Levithan au câștigat sau au fost finaliste la Premiul Lambda pentru Literatură pentru Copii și Tineret, făcându-l cel mai apreciat autor în această categorie.