The Italian Invert - 9780231204897

The Italian InvertA Gay Mans Intimate Confessions to mile Zola\nAuthor(s): Michael Rosenfeld, William Peniston, Nancy Erber, William Peniston\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Columbia University Press, United States\nImprint: Columbia University Press\nISBN-13: 9780231204897, 978-0231204897\nSynopsis\nEach of us has his tastes inscribed in his brain and heart; whether he fulfills his urges with regret or with joy, he must fulfill them. He should let others act according to their own nature. Its fate that creates us and guides us throughout our lives: to fight against it would be little more than fruitless, foolish, and reckless!\n\nIn the late 1880s, a dashing young Italian aristocrat made an astonishing confession to the novelist mile Zola. In a series of revealing letters, he frankly described his sexual experiences with other menincluding his seduction as a teenager by one of his fathers friends and his first love affair, with a sergeant during his military serviceas well as his ext.