In the Darkroom
The front cover of the first edition (hardcover)
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| Author | Susan Faludi |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Memoir |
| Publisher | Metropolitan/Henry Holt |
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June 14, 2016 |
| Media type | Print (hardback and paperback), e-book, audiobook |
| Pages | 432 |
| Awards | Kirkus Prize (2016) |
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In the Darkroom is a memoir by Susan Faludi that was first published on June 14, 2016. The memoir centers on the life of Faludi's father, who came out as transgender and underwent sex reassignment surgery at the age of 76. It won the 2016 Kirkus Prize for nonfiction and was a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography.
In 2004, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Susan Faludi learned that her 76-year-old estranged father Steven had undergone sex reassignment surgery and now went by the name Stefánie. This revelation led Faludi to reunite with Stefánie in Hungary, and the memoir documents Faludi's subsequent investigation into her father's life, particularly the years Stefánie spent growing up as a Hungarian Jew during World War II. Faludi also examines her relationship with her father, her father's transition, and explores the issues of gender identity and discrimination.
In the Darkroom was critically acclaimed.The New York Times' Michelle Goldberg described the memoir as a "rich, arresting and ultimately generous investigation of [Faludi's] father", while The Guardian's Claire Harman called it a "remarkable, moving and courageous book". Also writing for The Guardian, Rachel Cooke concluded that, "Faludi's book, reticent and elegant and extremely clever, will not be to everyone’s taste. But this doesn’t preclude it from being an out-and-out masterpiece of its kind."
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