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Patrick White - "The Twyborn Affair"
Patrick White - "The Twyborn Affair"
(1979) 'The Twyborn Affair'
- gender fluidity at it's most fluid. This hugely important book starts with a boy, Eddie. He thens goes on, as a different persona, to marry a man. It doesn't stop there. As a man, once more, he fights in the war.. before finding himself in a VERY masculine world. A little later, and he is a she again. Only now she is a madam running a brothel. It might sounds a bit far-fetched - actually it isn't! - but the way it explores gender and how gender affects our lives is a masterpiece. ONE person can have very many sides. A landmark in gender fluid literature.