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Self-Portrait with Boy by Rachel Lyon
βTragedy is insignificant, banal. A falling boy goes largely unnoticed.β Self-Portrait with Boy is an electrifying debut novel. Within its pages, Rachel Lyonβs paints an unsettling portrait, that of the artist as a young woman, one whose raw hunger for artistic recognition drives her to betray the trust of the person she loves. Self-Portrait with…
1990s, 1st pov, 5 STARS, ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE, Adult, ALIENATION, ambiguous protagonist, America, American, anxiety-inducing reads, ART/CREATIVITY, ARTISTS, atmospheric, bad love, Contemporary, contemporary malaise, dead boys, female authors, GRIEF, introspective, it’s about the *yearning*, lgbtq+, LITERARY FICTION, loneliness, Longing, MEMORY, NEW YORK, no quotations marks, obsession, PHOTOGRAPHY, psychological, published in 2018, queer, RACHEL LYON, re-reads, read in 2018, read in 2021, sapphic, SELF-PORTRAIT WITH BOY, strong sense of place, terrific prose, tragedy, unrequited love
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