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The Skinny
Af: Jonathan Wells
Engelsk
Bogcover for The Skinny af Jonathan Wells, 9781733540193
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Sprog:
Engelsk
ISBN-13:
9781733540193
Indbinding:
Hardback
ISBN-10:
1733540199
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Udg. Dato:
10 apr 2023
Størrelse i cm:
14,6 x 22,3 x 2,7
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Oplagsdato:
10 apr 2023
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The Skinny

Af: Jonathan Wells
Engelsk
Hardback 2023
Format:
Hardback
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As a boy in preparatory day school in upstate New York in the 1970s, Wells’s teacher abuses and humiliates him for his size, forcing Wells, for the first time, to question his right to take up space in the world. Wells’s father, reading his weight as a clear deficit of masculinity, and perhaps sexuality, creates a workout regimen meant to bulk him up. When that doesn’t help, he has Wells seen by a slew of specialists, all claiming he is in perfect health, and yet the problem cannot be denied: he is simply too skinny.

Wells’s complicated relationship with his charming but elusive mother does not help matters. As the eldest son, he is privy to the struggles of a fraying marriage in which he, however slight, plays a divisive role. Wells is sent to boarding school in Switzerland, where his size continues to generate controversy, from the merely rude to the violently abusive. And yet, even as he manages to establish an identity of his own, one which must invariably contend with gender norms and conventions, his father’s obsession with his size follows him to Europe, threatening to destroy the space he has painstakingly won for himself. As he grows into an adult, combating the intrusive liberties others take with his body, Jonathan must define masculinity for himself, ultimately coming to terms with the damage of a father’s love.

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Sprog:
Engelsk
ISBN-13:
9781733540193
Indbinding:
Hardback
ISBN-10:
1733540199
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
10 apr 2023
Størrelse i cm:
14,6 x 22,3 x 2,7
Forlag:
Oplagsdato:
10 apr 2023
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