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01562aam a2200313Ka 4500 001 0B569E402B2811E3AD629ACFDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20131002010043 008 121107t20131994nyu 000 1 eng d 020 $a 1476710910 (pbk.) 020 $a 9781476710914 (pbk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)816512836 040 $a YDXCP $c YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d DPL $d SILO 100 1 $a Solomon, Andrew, $d 1963- 245 12 $a A stone boat : $b a novel / $c Andrew Solomon. 250 $a 1st Scribner trade pbk. ed. 260 $a New York : $b Scribner, $c 2013, c1994. 300 $a 255 p. ; $c 21 cm. 500 $a Previously published in 1994 by Plume. 520 $a "Harry, an internationally celebrated young concert pianist, travels to Paris to confront his glamorous and formidable mother about her dismay at his homosexuality. Before he can give voice to his hurt and anger, he discovers she is terminally ill. In an attempt to escape his feelings of guilt and despair over the prospect of her death, he embarks on several intense affairs -- one with a longtime female friend -- that force him to question his capacity for love, and finally to rediscover it"--P. [4] of cover. 650 0 $a Mothers and sons $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Cancer $x Patients $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Americans $z England $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Gay men $v Fiction. 651 0 $a London (England) $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Domestic fiction. $2 lcsh. 941 $a 1 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20131002011237.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0B569E402B2811E3AD629ACFDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search