Profane friendship /

A homosexual love affair between an American writer and an Italian actor in Venice. It begins when both are students, is interrupted by World War II, then resumes with full passion, only to turn into jealousy and hate.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brodkey, Harold (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1994.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • A prologue of a sort
  • One
  • My mother and the rest of us
  • The love of a father and a son: love in a family further considered
  • Onni
  • The movies in Venice
  • Sex with Onni: cosi fan tutte
  • Changing room or what a profane friendship is like
  • The next phase with Onni in the world
  • The monster
  • Old in Venice
  • Epilogue.