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'‘I can’t remember exactly when I said that I loved him, but it could have been there in the warehouse, on the far side of the Brooklyn Bridge.‘
'Take Me to Paris, Johnny is John Foster’s moving yet unsentimental account of the life of his partner, Juan Céspedes. It traces Juan’s youth in Cuba and his move to New York, where he struggles to make it as a dancer. There, in 1981—in ‘a chance encounter, much like any other’—he meets John, an Australian historian.
'What begins as just a fling becomes a dazzling six-year affair. The two travel between New York, Berlin and Melbourne, struggling with bureaucracy in their quest to gain Juan residency in Australia, then with the disease taking the lives of gay men around the globe. To the end, Juan—‘an exotic bird, the only one of his kind’ in Melbourne—is captivating, witty, headstrong.
'First published in 1993, not long before John Foster’s death, Take Me to Paris, Johnny is brilliant and unflinching, at once controlled and impassioned: a love story told with humour and unerring skill. This edition includes an introduction by Peter Craven and an expanded biographical portrait of the author by John Rickard.' (Publication summary, 2016 Text Classic)
Contents
- Introduction, single work essay
- Afterword, single work essay
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Australian? Autobiography? Citizenship, Postnational Self-Identity and the Politics of Belonging
2017
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Migrant Nation : Australian Culture, Society and Identity 2017; (p. 119-136) -
Afterword
2016
single work
essay
— Appears in: Take Me to Paris, Johnny 2016; -
Introduction
2016
single work
essay
— Appears in: Take Me to Paris, Johnny 2016; -
Australian HIV/AIDS Life Writing
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Out Here : Gay and Lesbian Perspectives VI 2011; (p. 104-119) 'In Australia, AIDS life documents encompass a variety of forms and narrative styles,including quilt panels, interviews, articles by people living with HIV and AIDS, diaries, photographs and documentary film - as well as art, music and fiction. this study will only document and analyse a fraction of these materials, focusing on public writings. the texts examined here are mainly 'traditional' book-length life narratives, supplemented by one documentary film and two diaries. Other materials, including collections of interviews and shorter biographical works on people with HIV/AIDS, have not been excluded except when they directly contribute to the discourse as part of an emerging pattern during the last decade.' (From author's introduction p.105)
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Memoir
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 18 November vol. 121 no. 6399 2003; (p. 68)
— Review of Take Me to Paris, Johnny 1993 single work autobiography ; Shadow Lines 2003 single work biography
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Loving and Dying
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 154 1993; (p. 31) Australian Book Review , November no. 256 2003; (p. 68)
— Review of Take Me to Paris, Johnny 1993 single work autobiography -
Memoir
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 18 November vol. 121 no. 6399 2003; (p. 68)
— Review of Take Me to Paris, Johnny 1993 single work autobiography ; Shadow Lines 2003 single work biography -
Fine Harvest of a Grim Reaper
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 8 December 1993; (p. 22)
— Review of Language of the Icons 1993 selected work poetry ; Take Me to Paris, Johnny 1993 single work autobiography -
This Dark Rose
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 53 no. 1 1994; (p. 168-170)
— Review of Take Me to Paris, Johnny 1993 single work autobiography -
A Rare Thing
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Voices , Winter vol. 4 no. 2 1994; (p. 118-122)
— Review of Take Me to Paris, Johnny 1993 single work autobiography -
Aids, Fragile Love and Dying
2003
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 28 September 2003; (p. 10) -
Australian HIV/AIDS Life Writing
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Out Here : Gay and Lesbian Perspectives VI 2011; (p. 104-119) 'In Australia, AIDS life documents encompass a variety of forms and narrative styles,including quilt panels, interviews, articles by people living with HIV and AIDS, diaries, photographs and documentary film - as well as art, music and fiction. this study will only document and analyse a fraction of these materials, focusing on public writings. the texts examined here are mainly 'traditional' book-length life narratives, supplemented by one documentary film and two diaries. Other materials, including collections of interviews and shorter biographical works on people with HIV/AIDS, have not been excluded except when they directly contribute to the discourse as part of an emerging pattern during the last decade.' (From author's introduction p.105)
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Decompositions: Some Narratives of Aids
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Mattoid , no. 50 1996; (p. 72-83) -
Death to Art : Reflections on AIDS, Art and Susan Sontag
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Republica , no. 4 1996; (p. 107-119) (And So Forth) 1998; (p. 272-293) -
A Narrative Quilt: Australian Pathographies of AIDS
1994
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meridian , May vol. 13 no. 1 1994; (p. 49-59)
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