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The first translation into English of a startling 1907 memoir of a writer who was born a boy, was raised as a girl, and who lived as a man. Who was the real N.O. Body, and why did he go to such lengths to hide not just his name but his Jewish identity?

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"This is a very interesting and beautifully written memoir by somebody who would have been called a hermaphrodite in the nineteenth century. The work gives a fascinating picture of the childhood experiences of the anonymous author and is full of sensitive and often moving observations on the plights of sexual ambiguity in childhood. The style, apparently so simple and relatively dispassionate, is extremely effective in pulling the reader into the story." * Chandak Sengoopta *

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Preface: Whose Body Is It, Anyway? Hermaphrodites, Gays, and Jews in N. O. Body's Germany
—Sander L. Gilman
Foreword
—Rudolf Presber
THE MEMOIR
Epilogue
—Dr. Med. Magnus Hirschfeld
Afterword: In Search of Karl Baer
—Dr. Hermann Simon

Memoirs of a Mans Maiden Years

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    A Paperback / softback by N. O. Body, Deborah Simon, Sander L. Gilman

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      Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 24/04/2009
      ISBN13: 9780812220612, 978-0812220612
      ISBN10: 0812220617
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The first translation into English of a startling 1907 memoir of a writer who was born a boy, was raised as a girl, and who lived as a man. Who was the real N.O. Body, and why did he go to such lengths to hide not just his name but his Jewish identity?

      Trade Review
      "This is a very interesting and beautifully written memoir by somebody who would have been called a hermaphrodite in the nineteenth century. The work gives a fascinating picture of the childhood experiences of the anonymous author and is full of sensitive and often moving observations on the plights of sexual ambiguity in childhood. The style, apparently so simple and relatively dispassionate, is extremely effective in pulling the reader into the story." * Chandak Sengoopta *

      Table of Contents

      Preface: Whose Body Is It, Anyway? Hermaphrodites, Gays, and Jews in N. O. Body's Germany
      —Sander L. Gilman
      Foreword
      —Rudolf Presber
      THE MEMOIR
      Epilogue
      —Dr. Med. Magnus Hirschfeld
      Afterword: In Search of Karl Baer
      —Dr. Hermann Simon

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