The Penguin Book of Gay Short Stories
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Book Overview
These thirty-nine stories chronicle the gay experience over the course of the last century, beginning with the unarticulated longing of two boys swimming in D.H. Lawrence's "A Poem of Friendship" and... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0670854689
ISBN13:9780670854684
Release Date:January 1994
Publisher:Viking Books
Length:688 Pages
Weight:2.36 lbs.
Dimensions:2.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
Creative and Beautiful Works
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
This book is filled with beautifully written short stories that will blow your mind away. Not like what I have read before. A must have.
A nice anthology
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
This anthology offers a cornucopia of gay writers--some notorious and others undiscovered. We are offered different perspectives on the gay experience, and the stories transgress not only time periods, but age groups as well. The writers are gifted in their writing techniques, creating characters that are identifiable yet anomalous. I would recommend this anthology for those who are new to gay literature.
A great resource!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
This is an excellent collection of gay short fiction, many from the pre-Stonewall period of obscurity. With the current explosion of GLTB literature, a sequel is in order:)
39 Inteligent pieces of litrature - source of pride!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
The anthology is an excellent book. The stories were not written exclusively by gay authors, and surprises are waiting for the readers (e.g. Noel Coward's beautiful story). The 39 stories are offered by well-known authors (e.g. Forster, Isherwood), known young authors (Leavitt, Kramer) and by those less known. In so introducing new and promising authors to the readers, Leavitt and Mitchell prove yet again that the distinguished house of Penguin made the right choice in selecting them as editors. RUN TO BUY!
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