The Autobiography of My Body

The Autobiography of My Body

First edition
Author	David Guy
Language	English
Publisher	Dutton
Publication date	1991
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	320 pp
ISBN	0-525-24974-5
OCLC	22311079
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 20
LC Class	PS3557.U89 A94 1991

The Autobiography of My Body is a novel by the American writer David Guy set in 1980s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ^[1]

It tells the story of the sexual liberation of Charles Bradford, who after a bad marriage has returned to his hometown to be near his ailing father. There he meets Andrea, a feminist and political activist, and they start a torrid affair that forces him to reexamine his life. ^[2]

Reaction

The New York Times called it "an intimate portrait of a man torn between appetite and intellect, a sort of Portnoy's Complaint for gentiles" and a "painstaking explication of habit and longing" in an ambiguous review. ^[3]

References

1. "David Guy, Contemporary Authors Online, Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2008".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
2. "The Autobiography of My Body (1991), Publishers Weekly, 1991".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
3. Ferguson, Sarah (March 17, 1991). "IN SHORT: FICTION". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved May 16, 2024.

Further reading

• "The Autobiography of My Body" (Review), Kirkus Reviews, Feb 27, 1990, https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/david-guy/the-autobiography-of-my-body/#review Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine