Hogg: A Novel
Brand: F2c
Categories: Books, Politics & Social Sciences, Politics & Government



Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.4 x 8.5 inches
ISBN-13: 978-1573661195
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1573661198
Publisher: FC2
Print length: 270 pages
Publication date: May 1, 2004
subtitle: Paperback – May 1, 2004
author: Visit Amazon's Samuel R. Delany Page search results Samuel R. Delany
review: Editorial Reviews Review " Hogg is a truly significant book. It is distasteful, raw, and upsetting; it also treats some of the sexual taboos that Americans do not want addressed in either art or politics. Hogg is an artistic triumph, as well as a political one." -John O'Brien, Dalkey Archive Press "There is no question that Hogg by Samuel R. Delany is a serious book with literary merit." -Norman Mailer Book Description A new edition of a classic and controversial novel Acclaimed winner of the William Whitehead Memorial Award for a lifetime's contribution to gay and lesbian literature, Samuel R. Delany wrote Hogg three decades ago. Since then it has been one of America's most famous 'unpublishable' novels. The subject matter of Hogg is our culture of sexual violence and degeneration. Delany explores his disturbing protagonist Hogg on his own turf--rape, pederasty, sexual excess--exposing an area of violence and sexual abuse from the inside. As such, it is a brave book. About the Author Samuel R. Delany is one of the most celebrated writers of speculative fiction and is also a noted author of scripts, a director, and the editor of two short films. His novel Babel-17 (Vintage, 2002) won the Science Fiction Writers of America Award in 1966 and he has also won four Nebula Awards and one Hugo Award. His other books include The Bridge of Lost Desire (Arbor House, 1987), Dhalgren (University Press of New England, 1996), Atlantis: Three Tales (Wesleyan University Press, 1995), The Star Pits (Tor Books, 1989), and Equinox (Masquerade, 1994). He currently teaches Queer Studies at Temple University. Read more