Confessions of a Mask Format:Paperback The National Book Award winning

The National Book Award winning author returns to his original fictional territory--the lives of the dispossessed in San Francisco--with a parable about the limitations of desire and life at the margins of society

no one asks too many questions

Or perhaps there's another reason why he won't meet with Shoutarou

and inspirational guide that addresses the big issues of love

Confessions of a Mask Format:Paperback The National Book Award winningConfessions of a Mask tells the story of Kochan, an adolescent boy tormented by his burgeoning attraction to men: he wants to be "normal." Kochan is meek bodied, and unable to participate in the more athletic activities of his classmates. He begins to notice his growing attraction to some of the boys in his class, particularly the pubescent body of his friend Omi. To hide his homosexuality, he courts a woman, Sonoko, but this exacerbates his feelings