The Boy in the Yellow Dress
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.86 (980 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1742984088 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 342 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Martina A. Nicolls said Unique in its candidness. The Boy in the Yellow Dress is divided into five sections: prelude, exile, return, hometown blues, and coda.Born in Perth, Western Australia, Victor Marsh begins his memoir with a strong recollection of wearing his mother’s silky yellow dress, and finding “this lovely thing” later burned to ashes. He writes of his student days and his interest in post-surrealism and French playwright, actor, and theatre director, Antonin Artaud (1896-19Unique in its candidness Martina A. Nicolls The Boy in the Yellow Dress is divided into five sections: prelude, exile, return, hometown blues, and coda.Born in Perth, Western Australia, Victor Marsh begins his memoir with a strong recollection of wearing his mother’s silky yellow dress, and finding “this lovely thing” later burned to ashes. He writes of his student days and his interest in post-surrealism and French playwright, actor, and theatre director, Antonin Artaud (1896-1948). Acting “provides its own insecurities but, occasionally, . 8). Acting “provides its own insecurities but, occasionally, . "Amazing journey of self discovery" according to George Meyer. Marsh's autobiography showing him warts and all in his search for meaning in the world is original and engaging. It was easy to read in digestible chapters - for those of us who read in spurts - and his careful use of words is appreciated by this reader. I would recommend "The Boy in the Yellow Dress" to anyone who is making a similar journey in their own life or is interested in how a person who doesn't fit into neat defintitions of what it means to be a man discovers himself. Two thumbs up!. "Refreshingly real" according to bronwyn l doran. This is the best book I have read in a long time. Being a teacher and having a degree in English Literature, I am a fussy reader and usually lose interest after a chapter. However, I couldn't put this book down! The narrative is charming, honest, colourful and engrossing. This author looks at his own life through innocent eyes. A unique picture of his discovery of himself unfolds within a fascinating story. This book will satisfy the most jaded reader's appetite. Layer upon layer is peeled back until the real Victor is r
This compelling memoir is vividly written, veering from tragic to hilariously funny episodes. - DNA Magazine
Perth in the 1950s. Emerging sexuality and the sense of not being 'at home' in his body, let alone the world, ran alongside a search for meaning that brought him eventually to a spiritual awakening under the young guru Maharaji Part family tragedy, part existential comedy, The Boy in the Yellow Dress is a warts-and-all account of exile and the subsequent journey homewards that is less about finding a respectable place in the world than an intimate connection with the ultimate source of being. "If ever a memoir captured the Zeitgeist, it's this one Wise, funny, surprising at every turn More than a portrait of growing up gay, it chronicles the wild search for meaning of an entire generation." - Amanda Lohrey (2012 Patrick White Award Winner). But his interest in dancing and theatre (and mooning over Rudolph Nureyev on the telly) were bound to make the façade collapse at some point. After being caught wearing his mother's yellow dress, young Victor had to hide any tendency towards gender inappropriate behaviour