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Rechy followed with numbers 1967 and this days death 1969, both of which deal with obsession and identity. City of night by john rechy 20, paperback for sale. Rechy is an evocative and at times poetic writer who captures the seedy underside of america. City of night, his debut novel published in 1963, was a best seller. He tells the truth, and tells it with such passion that we are forced to share in the life he conveys. City of night by john rechy meet your next favorite book. City of night was not the first overtly gaythemed book radclyffe. Rechy has written many books since city of night and, though it wouldnt be fair to characterize them all in the same way, the prototype of his urhustler has taken center stage in many of. It is ironic that 1963 was the publication year for both john rechy s city of night and michel foucaults the birth of the clinic. When john rechys explosive first book appeared in 1963, it marked a radical departure from all other stories of its kind, and gave voice to a subculture that had. Read and download ebook city of night pdf public ebook library. Originally published in 1963 the semiautobiographical city of night, rechys firs novel, is written from a place of stigma and social mar.
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