All Down Darkness Wide

By Sean Hewitt,

Book cover of All Down Darkness Wide: A Memoir

Book description

A luminous memoir from the prize-winning poet - a story of love, heartbreak and coming of age, and a tender exploration of queer identity.

'Beautiful' Colm Toibin
'Rapturous' New York Times
'Extraordinary' Observer
'Stunning' Sunday Times

When Sean meets Elias, the two fall headlong into a love story. But as…

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Why read it?

1 author picked All Down Darkness Wide as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I loved Hewitt’s writing style; it’s lush and intimate and deeply personal, and overall a heartwrenching queer memoir about loving someone who doesn’t want to love themselves anymore.

Trained as a poet, Hewitt has a knack for turning very mundane personal experiences into luminous scenes infused with spirituality. 

From Simon's list on overthink and cry at the club with.

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