Love undetectable notes on friendship, sex, and survival
Sullivan, Andrew
Love undetectable notes on friendship, sex, and survival Andrew Sullivan - New York Vintage Books c1998 - 252 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references: (p. [253]-255)
A practicing Catholic , Sullivan reflects on his faith in God, and expresses his bittersweet joy upon learning new AIDS treatments that he believes led to the virus's recent transformation from a plague into a chronic illness. He revisits Freud to seek the origins of homosexuality and reviews the works of Aristotle, St. Augustine, W.H. Auden to define friendship for a contemporary, post-plague world. Sullivan's last essay extols the virtues of friendship, elevating platonic love over the romantic, as he memorializes his best friend, who died of AIDS. Intensely personal and passionately political, Sullivan's essays are not just about his own experiences but also a powerful testament to human resilience, faith, hope and love.
0679773150
Gay men--Social conditions--United States
Gay men--Sexual behavior--United States
Aids (Disease)--Patients--United States
HIV infections--Patients--United States
Homosexuality--Public opinion--United States
Public opinion--United States
HQ76.3.U6 .S85 1998 76.3 .U5 / S85 HQ
Love undetectable notes on friendship, sex, and survival Andrew Sullivan - New York Vintage Books c1998 - 252 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references: (p. [253]-255)
A practicing Catholic , Sullivan reflects on his faith in God, and expresses his bittersweet joy upon learning new AIDS treatments that he believes led to the virus's recent transformation from a plague into a chronic illness. He revisits Freud to seek the origins of homosexuality and reviews the works of Aristotle, St. Augustine, W.H. Auden to define friendship for a contemporary, post-plague world. Sullivan's last essay extols the virtues of friendship, elevating platonic love over the romantic, as he memorializes his best friend, who died of AIDS. Intensely personal and passionately political, Sullivan's essays are not just about his own experiences but also a powerful testament to human resilience, faith, hope and love.
0679773150
Gay men--Social conditions--United States
Gay men--Sexual behavior--United States
Aids (Disease)--Patients--United States
HIV infections--Patients--United States
Homosexuality--Public opinion--United States
Public opinion--United States
HQ76.3.U6 .S85 1998 76.3 .U5 / S85 HQ