· THE CITY AND THE PILLAR by Gore Vidal I always enjoy the surprise that comes when a novel fails to live up to its bad reputation. For years I've heard dismissive criticisms of Vidal's The City and The Pillar: it was supposedly mediocre, poorly written, self-hating, decidedly minor, badly dated, a trashy melodrama, an undeserving succes de. You can add location information to your Tweets, such as your city or precise location, from the web and via third-party applications. You always have the option to delete your Tweet location history. Learn more. Julian; Williwaw; the Judgement of Paris; Messiah; the City and the Pillar by Vidal, Gore. Used; Hardcover; Condition G+/No Dj ISBN 10 ISBN 13 Seller. Priceless Books.
Truman Capote and Mr. Gore Vidal to see how quickly and effectively this transforming, diluting, disintegrating machinery can work." He then characterized The City and the Pillar as a work of sexual confession, quite plainly autobiography at its most artless. Transformed, diluted, disintegrated as I was, I found this description flattering. It took great courage on the part of Mr. Vidal to publish, in , "The City and the Pillar." It could easily have ended his career, but thankfully it launched one of the great literary careers of the 20th century. The subject of homosexuality is dealt with head on. Mr. Vidal's style is hard, terse, and demanding. out of 5 starsPOWERFUL. It took great courage on the part of Mr. Vidal to publish, in , "The City and the Pillar." It could easily have ended his career, but thankfully it launched one of the great literary careers of the 20th century. The subject of homosexuality is dealt with head on. Mr. Vidal's style is hard, terse, and demanding.
It took great courage on the part of Mr. Vidal to publish, in , "The City and the Pillar." It could easily have ended his career, but thankfully it launched one of the great literary careers of the 20th century. The subject of homosexuality is dealt with head on. Mr. Vidal's style is hard, terse, and demanding. With the publication of his daring thrid novel The City and the Pillar in , Gore Vidal shocked the American public, which has just begun to hail him as their newest and brightest young writer. It remains not only an authentic and profoundly importatnt social document but also a serious exploration of the nature of idealistic love. Gore Vidal interviewed on The South Bank Show () about his book The City And The Pillar ().
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