Goldberg Variations - Taylor, Jonathan A.

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Résumé :
Jamie Goldberg, hoping desperately to avoid dealing with his sexual abuse in early childhood, is quick to pin any symptoms of trauma on any convenient issue of the day. Newly out of the closet in 1980 Detroit, he thinks coming out would solve his problems. Yet, allusive darker traumatic secrets linger in his mind. He discovers human sexuality is more complex than merely declaring one's sexuality. He also learns the struggles of suicidal thoughts, low self-esteem, and sexual acceptance only fester when suppressed. In short, he realizes his search keeps leading him where he does not want to go. Sometimes he is sustained only by his own wry sense of humor, love of music or the theater. Eventually a cast of Detroit characters accept him as he is, even if he does not, which prepares him for a date with his past he cannot escape. That confrontation threatens to damn him or possibly redeem him.

Biographie:
Jonathan Arnowitz Taylor is a San Francisco-based writer and designer. Recently he has published his first novel, The Rites of Passage is the first installment of a multi-volume series, The Goldberg Variations. He is also a leading designer for creating user-friendly technology and has worked for companies such as Google, Nokia, IBM, and the Dutch design bureaus Informaat and Keen Design. Jonathan has published two books on software design. As this book will show, Jonathan's passions include the human condition, theater, opera, travel, social justice, and communities. All of these passions figure prominently in his writing. Jonathan graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in Theater Arts. A leader in the community of alternative sexuality, he is the title holder of the 2013 International Master/slave education title, which he earned with his now deceased husband Morris Taylor. Redemption of the Damned is Jonathan's second novel in the The Goldberg Variations series.

Sommaire:
Jamie Goldberg, hoping desperately to avoid dealing with his sexual abuse in early childhood, is quick to pin any symptoms of trauma on any convenient issue of the day. Newly out of the closet in 1980 Detroit, he thinks coming out would solve his problems. Yet, allusive darker traumatic secrets linger in his mind. He discovers human sexuality is more complex than merely declaring one's sexuality. He also learns the struggles of suicidal thoughts, low self-esteem, and sexual acceptance only fester when suppressed. In short, he realizes his search keeps leading him where he does not want to go. Sometimes he is sustained only by his own wry sense of humor, love of music or the theater. Eventually a cast of Detroit characters accept him as he is, even if he does not, which prepares him for a date with his past he cannot escape. That confrontation threatens to damn him or possibly redeem him....