Christopher Isherwood: Lions and Shadows

USA 2000, 313 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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In 1938 the legendary Hogarth Press published the first of Christopher Isherwood's autobiographical writings, »Lions and Shadows«. In this book, Isherwood evokes the atmosphere of Cambridge as only he knew it, describing his life as a tutor, medical student, and struggling writer. The result is a captivating account of a young novelist's development in the burgeoning literary culture of the ... Weiterlesen

Daniel Mendelsohn: The Elusive Embrace

Desire and the Riddle of Identity. USA 1999, 209 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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Vintage
Hailed for its searing emotional insights, and for the astonishing originality with which it weaves together personal history, cultural essay, and readings of classical texts by Sophocles, Ovid, Euripides, and Sappho, »The Elusive Embrace« is an exploration of the mysteries of identity. It is also a meditation in which the author uses his own divided life to investigate the ... Weiterlesen

Edmund White: The Farewell Symphony

USA 1997, 413 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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Following »A Boy's Own Story« (now a classic of American fiction) and his richly acclaimed »The Beautiful Room Is Empty«, this is the eagerly awaited final volume of Edmund White's groundbreaking autobiographical trilogy. Named for the work by Haydn in which the instrumentalists leave the stage one after another until only a single violin remains playing, this is the story ... Weiterlesen

Gore Vidal: Palimpsest

USA 1995, 448 pp., brochure, € 24.95
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Penguin USA
This explosively entertaining memoir abounds in gossip, satire, historical apercus, and trenchant observations. Vidal's compelling narrative weaves back and forth in time, providing a whole view of the author's celebrated gay life, from his birth in 1925 to today, and features a cast of memorable characters - including the Kennedy family, Marlon Brando, Anais Nin, and Eleanor Roosevelt.

Quentin Crisp: How to Become a Virgin

UK 1996, 192 pp., brochure, € 16.99
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Harper Collins
After half a century of metropolitan infamy, Quentin Crisp graduated to international fame when his widely acclaimed autobiography »The Naked Civil Servant« made him a household name, even in respectable households. In this second volume of autobiography, Quentin Crisp describes the wider horizons of his years as a celebrity at home and abroad, and explains his personal philosophy of inaction, ... Weiterlesen

Brendan Behan: Borstal Boy

UK 1990, 372 pp., brochure, € 17.95
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Arrow
In 1939, Liverpool, 16 year-old Brendan Behan is arrested for carrying explosives in his suitcase. A fervent republican undergoing a mission for the IRA, with designs to blow up a shipyard, Behan is sentenced to three years Borstal detention as he is a minor, and cannot be given the death sentence. - In this autobiography, Behan writes about the experiences ... Weiterlesen

Quentin Crisp: The Naked Civil Servant

UK 1985, 222 pp., brochure, € 14.95
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Harper Collins
»As soon as I stepped out of my mother's womb ... I realized that I had made a mistake«, Quentin Crisp declares, giving a small hint of the witty and wry approach he takes toward the life he describes with uninhibited exuberance in this classic autobiography, which is both a comic masterpiece and a unique testament to the resilience of ... Weiterlesen

Pierre Seel: Moi, Pierre Seel, déporté homosexuel

F 1994, 218 pp., in französischer Sprache, Broschur, € 24.95
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Pierre Seel wuchs in Mulhouse im Elsass in einer bürgerlichen Familie auf. Im Jahre 1939 war er sich mit 17 Jahren bewusst, homosexuell zu sein und besuchte auch die Klappe am Square Steinbach. Als ihm dort eine Uhr gestohlen wurde, erstattete er bei der Polizei Anzeige. Dabei gab Seel den Besuch der Klappe offen zu, da homosexuelle Handlungen in Frankreich ... Weiterlesen