In the 1960s, David and Nikos, newcomers from New York and Athens, began a life together in London, a partnership that would last forty years. Despite being considered criminals by law for their love, they found acceptance and freedom in the city, where societal conventions felt irrelevant. Their relationship flourished amidst friendships with notable figures like Stephen and Natasha Spender, Francis Bacon, and W. H. Auden, as well as connections to Bloomsbury icons like E. M. Forster. This vibrant social circle opened up new worlds and interconnections that enriched their lives. David Plante has maintained a diary for over fifty years, and this first volume captures his first two decades in London. Through fragments of diaries, notes, sketches, and drawings, he weaves a deeply personal memoir that also serves as a significant cultural history. It offers an intimate portrait of his relationship with Nikos and a luminous depiction of a dynamic community of writers, poets, artists, and thinkers, reflecting the transformative power of love and friendship in a time of great social change.
David Plante Orden de los libros (cronológico)
Este autor examina lo espiritual en una variedad de contextos, particularmente en el ambiente de familias católicas grandes de clase trabajadora de origen francocanadiense. Sus personajes masculinos van desde abiertamente homosexuales hasta sexualmente ambiguos y cuestionadores. Sus obras, a menudo consideradas 'escritores para escritores', exploran la vida espiritual y con frecuencia se ven como alta historia cultural. Su voluminoso diario se guarda en la Colección Berg de la Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York.
