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Nocturnes for the King of Naples is a 1978 novel by Edmund White. The novel is written as a series of letters addressed to a nameless former lover of the anonymous narrator. The cover of the first paperback edition was illustrated by Mel Odom. It was Odom's first illustration for a book.
- Edmund White
- 1978
- USA
- St. Martin's Press
1 gen 1978 · Nocturnes for the King of Naples. Edmund White. 3.65. 339 ratings43 reviews. A hauntingly beautiful evocation of lost love, Noctunes for the King of Naples has all the startling, almost embarrassing, intimacy of a stranger's love letters.
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- Paperback
In Edmund White. The elegiac Nocturnes for the King of Naples (1978) recalls an affair after the elder of the two lovers has died. As the scourge of HIV/AIDS descended upon homosexual men, killing many of White’s friends, in 1981 he and others, including playwright Larry Kramer, formed the Gay… Read More.
24 mag 2021 · Internet Archive. Language. English. 148 pages ; 21 cm. A hauntingly beautiful evocation of lost love, Noctunes for the King of Naples has all the startling, almost embarrassing, intimacy of a stranger's love letters.
First published in 1978, before the trilogy of frankly autobiographical novels that made him famous, Nocturnes for the King of Naples reveals Edmund White at his most poetic, playful, and evocative, a magician on the level of James Salter, James Merrill, or Vladimir Nabokov.
- Mcnally EDITIONS
Nocturnes for the King of Naples. Edmund White. Macmillan, Jul 15, 1988 - Fiction - 148 pages. A hauntingly beautiful evocation of lost love, Noctunes for the King of Naples...
Nocturnes For The King Of Naples by Edmund White - The 7913th greatest book of all time. The book is a lyrical and introspective novel that explores the themes of love, loss, and desire through the lens of a man reflecting on his past relationship with an older, enigmatic lover.
