Overview
Treacherously comic and poignant, the autobiographical stories in They Change the Subject follow a young man's quest for identity through love and desire. Sustained by a single voice, the stories simultaneously offer a fractured novel and stand, powerfully, on their own. At the center of each tale is the heightened, visceral possibility of unexpected emotional encounters--from an escort's dates in Manhattan hotels to a photo shoot that doubles as seduction. Always pushing toward a bigger shiver of passion, Martin's young-man-on-the-make learns how to adapt his persona to suit his lovers' needs and tries to embrace his own experience--and his self--by becoming the purest object of desire.
- | Author: Douglas A. Martin
- | Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
- | Publication Date: Feb 15, 1989
- | Number of Pages: 156 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 0299214745
- | ISBN-13: 9780299214746
