Maysaloun Hamoud (R): In Between

ISRAEL 2016, hebr. OF, arab. SF, engl. UT, 99 min., € 19.99
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The film follows Layla, Salma and Nour, three Palestinian women living in the heart of Tel Aviv who lead complex lives while occupying an uneasy position within their predominantly Jewish society. Independent lawyer Layla refuses to compromise on her underground lifestyle, lesbian DJ Salma maintains a facade of propriety in the presence of her conservative Christian family and traditionally educated ... Weiterlesen

Paulette Callen: Fervent Charity

D 2013, 337 pp., brochure, € 15.95
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Ylva Verlag - The Charity Series 2
»Fervent Charity« continues the story of the friendship of five women who have nothing in common but the ground they walk on and the vicissitudes of post-frontier prairie life. Lena, a young mother living on the edge of heartbreak. Her sister-in-law, Mary, more beautiful than loved. Alvinia, midwife to the county and mother of ten. Gustie and Jordis, trying to ... Weiterlesen

Mary McCarthy: The Group

UK 2009, 437 pp., brochure, € 17.95
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»The Group« is a sharply-pointed satire of upper-class New England society which follows the post-college lives of eight Vassar graduates, class of '33. Helena was registered for Vassar at birth. Pokey forged her mother's signature on her college application. Out in the »real« world, Dottie loses her virginity to a »bad sort« but discovers that she enjoys sex, while Kay ... Weiterlesen

Sarah Waters: The Night Watch

USA 2006, 473 pp., Pb, € 17.95
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This is the story of four Londoners - three women and a young man with a past - drawn with the absolute truth and intimacy. Kay, who drove an ambulance during the war and lived life at full throttle, now dresses in mannish clothes and wanders the streets with a restless hunger, searching... Helen - clever, sweet, a much loved, ... Weiterlesen

Monique Truong: The Book of Salt

USA 2003, 262 pp., brochure, € 19.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Binh, a young gay Vietnamese cook, flees Saigon in 1929, disgracing his family to serve as galley hand at sea. The taunts of his now-deceased father ringing in his ears, Binh answers an ad for a live-in cook at a Parisian household, and soon finds himself employed by lesbian couple Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. Toklas and Stein hold ... Weiterlesen