{"product_id":"the-beautiful-room-is-empty-9780679755401","title":"The Beautiful Room Is Empty","description":"When the narrator of White's poised yet scalding autobiographical novel first embarks on his sexual odyssey, it is the 1950s, and America is \"a big gray country of families on drowsy holiday.\" That country has no room for a scholarly teenager with guilty but insatiable stirrings toward other men. Moving from a Midwestern college to the Stonewall Tavern on the night of the first gay uprising--and populated by eloquent queens, butch poseurs, and a fearfully incompetent shrink--\u003cb\u003eThe Beautiful Room is Empty\u003c\/b\u003e conflates the acts of coming out and coming of age. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"With intelligence, candor, humor--and anger--White explores the most insidious aspects of oppression.... An impressive novel.\"--\u003ci\u003eWashington Post book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/04\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679755401\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.18w x 0.64d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Lambda Literary Awards - Winner","brand":"Edmund White","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43059712458933,"sku":"9780679755401","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_38afcc88-6495-4436-aaa6-351bd5f39e38.jpg?v=1690297471","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-beautiful-room-is-empty-9780679755401","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}