Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson
by Maggie Nelson
Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson by Maggie Nelson holds a highly rated rating of 4.07 out of 5, based on 9.9K reader ratings. First published in 2007. The book spans 160 pages.
About Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson
An intrepid voyage out to the frontiers of the latest thinking about love, language, and family.Maggie Nelson's The Argonauts is a genre-bending memoir, a work of "autotheory" offering fresh, fierce, and timely thinking about desire, identity, and the limitations and possibilities of love and language. At its center is a romance: the story of the author's relationship with the artist Harry Dodge. This story, which includes Nelson's account of falling in love with Dodge, who is fluidly gendered, as well as her journey to and through a pregnancy, offers a firsthand account of the complexities and joys of (queer) family-making.Writing in the spirit of public intellectuals such as Susan Sontag and Roland Barthes, Nelson binds her personal experience to a rigorous exploration of what iconic theorists have said about sexuality, gender, and the vexed institutions of marriage and child-rearing. Nelson's insistence on radical individual freedom and the value of caretaking becomes the rallying cry of this thoughtful, unabashed, uncompromising book.
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Author | Maggie Nelson |
| Published | 2007 |
| Pages | 160 |
| Genres | Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, Fiction, Biography & Memoir, Philosophy |
| Average Rating | 4.07 / 5.00 |
| Total Ratings | 9,915 |
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What genre is Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson?
Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson is categorized as Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, Fiction, Biography & Memoir. Its primary genre classification is Biography & Memoir.
Is Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson worth reading?
Based on 9.9K reader ratings, Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson has an average score of 4.07 out of 5.00, which is considered "Highly Rated."
How many pages is Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson?
Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson has 160 pages. It is a relatively quick read.
Who wrote Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson?
Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson was written by Maggie Nelson. It was first published in 2007.
What is the ISBN for Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson?
The ISBN-13 for Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson is 9780316005270.0.
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