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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st. (CAD) Presumed st edition. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to the title pages: "To my fellow writer & editor. Amitiès,/ RS", no other markings, Fine in Near Fined ust jacket with tiny chip to foot of spine of the DJ. DJ is in mylar sleeve. Hardcover, 310pp, index, B&W photos. Saronak is a Professor of French at the University of British Columbia. From the jacket: In 1990 Hervé Guibert gained wide recognition and notoriety with the publication of "À l'ami qui ne m'a pas sauvé la vie (To the Friend Who Did Not Save My Life)". This novel, one of the most famous AIDS fictions in French or any language, recounts the battle of the first-person narrator not only with AIDS but also with the medical establishment on both sides of the Atlantic. Photography critic for Le Monde from 1977-1985, Guibert was also the co-author (with Patrice Chéreau) of a film script, L'Homme Blessé, which won a César in 1984, and author of more than twenty-five books, eight of which have been translated into English.Sarkonak examines many intriguing aspects of Guibert's life and production: the connection between his books and his photography, his complex relationship with Roland Barthes and with his friend and mentor Michel Foucault (relationships that were at once literary, intellectual, and personal in each case); the ties between his writing and that of his contemporaries, including Renaud Camus, France's most prolific gay writer; and his development of an AIDS aesthetic. (2.0 JM HOZ 403/b2 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Inscribed By Author.