When a mother allows her thirty-something daughter to move into her apartment, she wants for her what many mothers might say they want for their child: a steady income, and, even better, a good husband with a good job with whom to start a family. But when Green turns up with her girlfriend Lane in tow, her mother is unprepared ... Weiterlesen

Li Kotomi: Solo Dance

UK 2022, 256 pp., brochure, € 24.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
World Editions

Cho Norie is forced to keep her lesbian life hidden. She is 27 and originally from Taiwan, working an office job now in Tokyo. While her colleagues worry about the economy, life-insurance policies, marriage, and children, she is forced to keep her unconventional life hidden - especially her sexuality and the violent attack that prompted her move to Japan. There ... Weiterlesen

Shelley Parker-Chan: She Who Became the Sun

UK 2021, 414 pp., brochure, € 17.95
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Mantle

In Mongol-occupied imperial China, a peasant girl refuses her fate of an early death. Stealing her dead brother's identity to survive, she rises from monk to soldier, then to rebel commander. Zhu's pursuing the destiny her brother somehow failed to attain: greatness. But all the while, she feels Heaven is watching. Can anyone fool Heaven indefinitely, escaping what's written in ... Weiterlesen

Qiu Miaojin: Notes of a Crocodile

USA 2017, 242 pp., brochure, € 24.95
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NYRB

Set in the post-martial-law era of late 1980s Taipei, �Notes of a Crocodile� depicts the coming-of-age of a group of queer misfits discovering love, friendship, and artistic affinity while hardly studying at Taiwan's most prestigious university. Told through the eyes of an anonymous lesbian narrator nicknamed Lazi, Qiu Miaojin's cult classic novel is a postmodern pastiche of diaries, vignettes, mash ... Weiterlesen

Bei Tong: Beijing Comrades

USA 2017, 388 pp.,pb., € 19.95
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When Handong, a ruthless and wealthy businessman, is introduced to Lan Yu, a na�ve, working-class architectural student the attraction is all consuming. Arrogant and privileged, Handong is unsettled by this desire, while Lan Yu quietly submits. Despite divergent lives, the two men spend their nights together, establishing a deep connection. When loyalties are tested, Handong is left questioning his secrets, ... Weiterlesen

Maureen F. McHugh: China Mountain Zhang

UK 2016, 315 pp., brochure, € 17.95
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Gollancz

Imagine a world where Chinese Marxism has vanquished the values of capitalism and Lenin is the prophet of choice. A cybernetic world where the new charioteers are flyers, human-powered kites dancing in the skies over New York City in a brief grab at glory. A world where the opulence of Beijing marks a new cultural imperialism, as wealthy urbanites flirt ... Weiterlesen

Jemimah Steinfeld: Little Emperors and Material Girls

Sex and Youth in Modern China. UK 2015, 256 pp., brochure, € 19.99
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I.B. Tauris

Behind the headlines a once-in-a-generation sexual and cultural revolution is taking place in the bars, cafes and streets of China's mega-cities. The author meets the young people behind the world's fastest-moving nation to unveil their attitudes towards love, life and sexuality. Young Chinese have new words to describe the world they live in: �little emperors� - bossy and selfish single ... Weiterlesen

Geoffrey Knight: The Curse of the Dragon God

A Gay Adventure. USA 2011, 309 pp., brochure, € 16.95
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Cleis

The �Eye of Fucanglong� is China's most precious treasure. Known as the Dragon God of lost jewels, this diamond is flawless, priceless, cursed, and about to be stolen in the heist of the century. Can Professor Fathom's team of gay adventure-seekers find the diamond before this perfectly executed crime leads to mass destruction? From the towers of Hong Kong to ... Weiterlesen

Lisa See: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

UK 2011, 341 pp., Pb, € 12.95
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Lily is the daughter of a humble farmer, and to her family she is just another expensive mouth to feed. Then the local matchmaker delivers startling news: if Lily's feet are bound properly, they will be flawless. In 19th-century China, where a woman's eligibility is judged by the shape and size of her feet, this is extraordinary good luck. Lily ... Weiterlesen

John Burdett: The Godfather of Kathmandu

UK 2010, 462 pp., brochure, € 17.95
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Corgi - Sonchai Jitpleecheep 4

John Burdett's famed gay Royal Thai detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep is put to the test both as a Buddhist and as a cop as he confronts the most shocking crime of his career. A rich American film director has been murdered. It is an intriguing case, and solving it could lead to a promotion for Sonchai, but, as always, he is ... Weiterlesen

Various Authors: Angelwings

Contemporary Queer Fiction from Taiwan. USA 2003, 248 pp., brochure, € 39.95
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Lesbian and gay fiction (known as �tongzhi wenxue� in Mandarin) constitutes a major contribution to Taiwanese literature, as evidenced by the remarkable number of prestigious literary awards won by authors of the short stories presented here. But most strikingly, this fiction has been immensely popular with general readers in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore, as well as in diasporic Chinese ... Weiterlesen