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Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir

Paul Monette

This "tender and lyrical" memoir (New York Times Book Review) remains one of the most compelling documents of the AIDS era-"searing, shattering, ultimately hope inspiring account of a great love story" (San Francisco Examiner). A National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and the winner of the PEN Center West literary award.

Memoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Autobiography · medium confidenceMemoir & Autobiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Memoir & Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyOpen Library: Personal Narratives -> Memoir & AutobiographyOpen Library: Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Personal HistoryGroup BiographyDisability & Difference

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
National Book Critics Circle Award for BiographyMajor1988FinalistSecondary source
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