The Farewell Symphony
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Cover of the first US edition | |
| Author | Edmund White |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Autobiographical Novel |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
Publication date | 1997 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 413 pp |
| ISBN | 0-679-43477-1 |
| OCLC | 37538014 |
| 813/.54 21 | |
| LC Class | PS3573.H463 F37 1997 |
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The Farewell Symphony is a 1997 semi-autobiographical novel by Edmund White.
It is the third of a trilogy of novels, being preceded by A Boy's Own Story (1982) and The Beautiful Room Is Empty (1988). It depicts the later adulthood of its protagonist and documents his experience of homosexuality from the 1960s to the 1990s.
Allusions to other works
The title alludes to the "Farewell" Symphony by Joseph Haydn.