Savage nights
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Woodstock, N.Y. : Overlook Press, 1994.
Edition
First American edition
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223 pages ; 22 cm
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Published
Woodstock, N.Y. : Overlook Press, 1994.
Format
Book
Edition
First American edition
Language
English
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Despite his HIV status, it is hard to feel sympathy for Jean, the 27-year-old hedonistic, bisexual Parisian filmmaker protagonist, because he lacks the basic decency to tell 17-year-old Laura that he is HIV-positive when they first make love. Written in precise yet feverish prose, the novel is a study in massive denial. Jean lives in the sexual fast lane, taking anonymous lovers and having an affair with Sammy, a moody sadomasochistic hooligan who likes to beat up Arabs and slash his own chest with a knife while staring in the mirror. Laura, who is supposedly trusting and innocent but one suspects is either dim or suicidal, continues to have unprotected sex with Jean even after finding out that he is HIV-positive. When in the course of time, Laura tests HIV-positive, she swings between desperate clinging and indignant fury, temporarily descending into madness. Collard's death-defying sensualist anti-hero is a self-centered rebel without a cause who willingly risks infecting others.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Collard, C. (1994). Savage nights (First American edition). Overlook Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Collard, Cyril. 1994. Savage Nights. Overlook Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Collard, Cyril. Savage Nights Overlook Press, 1994.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Collard, Cyril. Savage Nights First American edition, Overlook Press, 1994.
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