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Manhood: A Journey from Childhood into the Fierce Order of Virility

"Not only one of the frankest of autobiographies, but also a brilliantly written book, Leiris' Manhoodmingles memories, philosophic reflections, sexual revelation, meditations on bullfighting, and the life-long progress of self-discovery."—Washington Post Book World

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"Leiris writes to appall, and thereby to receive from his readers the gift of a strong emotion—the emotion needed to defend himself against the indignation and disgust he expects to arouse in his readers."—Susan Sontag, New York Review of Books

Subject
biography
Audience
adult
Length
short · 184 pages

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