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Summary: Too difficult to hold, too engaging to put down
Review: Like its prequel "Becoming a Man", Paul Monette's Borrowed Time is exceptionally well-written, and together they form one of the most important autobiographies our times. Borrowed Time, the story of Paul Monette's and his partner Roger Horowitz's struggle with AIDS, is sometimes emotionally too hard to go on reading, but at the same time too engaging to put down. While reading it I literaly had those feelings. If Becoming a Man is the ultimate growing up/coming out story, then Borrowed Time is the ultimate AIDS story. Together they tell the story of gay life in our times better than any other book I read.
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Summary: Too difficult to hold, too engaging to put down
Review: Like its prequel "Becoming a Man", Paul Monette's Borrowed Time is exceptionally well-written, and together they form one of the most important autobiographies our times. Borrowed Time, the story of Paul Monette's and his partner Roger Horowitz's struggle with AIDS, is sometimes emotionally too hard to go on reading, but at the same time too engaging to put down. While reading it I literaly had those feelings. If Becoming a Man is the ultimate growing up/coming out story, then Borrowed Time is the ultimate AIDS story. Together they tell the story of gay life in our times better than any other book I read.
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Summary: Personally moving, highly educational, a role-model
Review: Living with HIV and AIDS has changed a lot, from the unknown tragedy to the manageable state, hopefully towards a cure. Nontheless, there are still people who respond very negatively to this situation. "Borrowed time", past and present, has been an outstanding example of role-models we all have a great deal to learn from. It ought to be translated into other languages, at least on behalf of education...
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Summary: A classic love story
Review: More than anything, this book struck me as being a love story. Paul and Roger share a really warm, comfortable life...the kind most people hope to find with a partner. This makes the fact that Roger dies so young, of such a devestating illness, doubly tragic, because of all we know he is leaving behind. Paul Monette was a gifted writer, who showed a great deal of courage when he shared so personal a piece of his life with the world.
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Summary: Astounding, moving and courageous
Review: Not only is this an incredibly moving account of a brave couple's struggle with AIDS, it is a testament to the courage needed to face society's hostility towards those suffering with the disease. Paul Monette may have written the most harrowing and moving modern book I have read. His writing speaks directly, in language stripped to the essentials by loss and grief. I found myself rereading paragraphs again and again; the last chapter would wring tears from a stone. Tragic, beautiful, a monument to love.
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Summary: HEART-BREAKING
Review: Nothing I have ever read has moved me like this book; even though the medical side of HIV is far better these days, those of us in the war are still going through the same emotions. I cannot believe how brave Monette was to share all this with us, yet I know stories like these need to be told. He does a creditable job of holding in his anger, as I'm sure even today he must still be very bitter towards those who made treatment so long in coming. This is an incredibly powerful book, a testament to love and a terrible indictment of our society and some of our values. Everyone should read this book; while it's a true emotional roller coaster, and ultimately heartbreaking, it's only through works like this that we can hope for a broader understanding of what HIV means for the patient and their family. My thanks to Paul Monette for sharing this ordeal.
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Summary: One of the most beautiful books ever written
Review: Paul Monette in this book describes in harrowing detail the final months in the life of his lover Roger, and how Roger's deterioration affected both men and their relationship. The depth of feeling Monette conveys is remarkable; he writes with a candor and a beauty that bring tears to your eyes. We share Monette's sense of pain and loss. If you've ever known anyone with a terminal illness, this book is devastating, and even if you haven't, there's no way you can remain unmoved.People sometimes ask how it felt to be a gay man in the 1980s while the spread of AIDS was running unchecked. This powerful book gives the best answer I can imagine.
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Summary: nothing more to say
Review: Paul Monette is a hero for so manny people and this book, Borrowed Time is an ever lasting monument for love and relief. It's written with so much love, why does so less people know Paul Monette. It's a shame! I love him and his books, they are all great altough I'm a girl from the Netherlands! more good books? read Adam Mars-Jones. He is also a grat writer, But Paul is the best!
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Summary: Profoundly emotional
Review: The story of Paul and Roger starts off as the ultimate love story of two people who found themselves in their partner. Their struggle with Roger's diagnosis and illness just cements that feeling of absolute oneness. I have never read a book as emotionally demanding. I have never cried when closing a book. Until now.
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Summary: Profoundly emotional
Review: The story of Paul and Roger starts off as the ultimate love story of two people who found themselves in their partner. Their struggle with Roger's diagnosis and illness just cements that feeling of absolute oneness. I have never read a book as emotionally demanding. I have never cried when closing a book. Until now.
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