The first personal documentary about AIDS to be published,
"Borrowed Time" remains as vividly detailed as the best novel and
as lucidly observed as the fiercest journalism. It is a cry from
the heart against AIDS as it was in the early stages of the plague
and against the intolerance that surrounded it. In equal parts, it
is a supremely moving love story and a chronicle of the deep
commitment and devotion that Paul Monette felt for Roger Horwitz
from the night of their first meeting in Boston in the mid-1970s to
Roger's diagnosis a decade later and through the last two years of
his life, when fighting the disease together became a full-time
occupation. This is not a book about death but a book about living
while dying and the full range of emotions provoked by that
transition -- sorrow, fear, anger, among them. It is a document
essential to the history of the gay community; vital for anyone
reading about AIDS; and one of the most powerful demonstrations of
love and partnership to be found in print.
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Fri, 1 Aug 2008 | Review
by: Marco
I think that this must be the saddest book I have ever read it in my life! It tells the true story of Paul Monette, his partner, Roger Howritz’s, and their struggle with HIV/AIDS in the USA in the 1980s.
The story opens when the plague rears its ugly head and decimates the gay population, culminating in Roger’s death in 1986. In between you get caught in the emotional struggle and the hapless exertion for a cure of something to slow the virus down, as well as the will of some people not to die.
It’s hard to read this book at times, but it’s worth it. It makes you think about things and how lucky we are to be healthy and alive. It lays bare the true human condition and the want to live. If you can make it through the book you’ll be a changed person.
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