John Schwartz: Oddly Normal

One Family's Struggle to Help Their Teenage Son Come to Terms with His Sexuality. USA 2012, 290 pp., hardbound, € 23.49
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Penguin USA
Three years ago, John Schwartz, a national correspondent for »The New York Times«, got a call that every parent hopes never to receive: his 13-year-old son, Joe, was in the hospital following a suicide attempt. Mustering the courage to come out to his classmates, Joe had delivered a tirade about homophobic and sexist attitudes that was greeted with unease and ... Weiterlesen

David Toussaint: The Gay Couple's Guide to Wedding Planning

Everything Gay Men Need to Know to Create a Fun, Romantic, and Memorable Ceremony. USA 2012, 160 pp. illustrated, brochure, € 20.95
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Sellers
Before you say, »I do«, you've got a lot to do. This book reveals everything you need to know about planning the perfect wedding, from budgeting for your wish list to writing vows that express what's in your heart. This user-friendly, 12-month guide walks you through all the essentials before you take that momentous walk down the aisle. That's practical ... Weiterlesen

Jeffrey Eugenides: Die Liebeshandlung

Dt. v. U. Aumüller u. G. Osterwald. D 2012, 624 S., Pb, € 16.50
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Rowohlt
Anfang der 80er Jahre: Madeleine Hanna liest begeistert Roland Barthes und arbeitet am College literaturwissenschaftlich über die Liebeshandlungen viktorianischer Romane. Während sie über uralte Beweggründe menschlicher Herzen brütet, bricht das wirkliche Leben in Form zweier junger Männer über sie herein. Leonard Bankhead - ein charismatischer Einzelgänger mit scheinbar unerschöpflichem Elan - taucht Tabak kauend in einem Semiotik-Seminar auf. Und bald ... Weiterlesen

Colm Tóibín: Brooklyn

Dt. v. Giovanni u. Ditte Bandini. D 2012, 303 S., Pb, € 11.30
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DTV
Als junge Frau kommt die Irin Ellis Lacey Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts vollkommen naiv nach New York. Brooklyn wird zum damaligen Zeitpunkt fast ausschließlich von Iren bewohnt. Doch bei den von der katholischen Kirche veranstalteten Tanzabenden kreuzen immer öfter auch junge Italiener auf, die es eindeutig darauf abgesehen haben, die Tugend sittsamer Irinnen in Gefahr zu bringen. Ellis, die krank ... Weiterlesen

Patrick White: The Hanging Garden

UK 2014, 224 pp., pb., € 29.95
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Vintage
Two children are brought to a wild garden on the shores of Sydney Harbour to shelter from WWII. The boy's mother has died in the Blitz Krieg. The girl is the daughter of a Sydney woman and a Communist executed in a Greek prison. In wartime Australia, these two children form an extraordinary bond as they negotiate the dangers of ... Weiterlesen

Charles Rowan Beye: My Husband and My Wives

A Gay Man's Odyssey. USA 2012, 257 pp., hardbound, € 23.95
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux
This is the memoir of a man looking back over eight tumultuous decades at the complications brought on by the discovery, during adolescence, of his attraction to other men. The ordeal of remaining true to what his libido tells him is right, in the midst of a disapproving and sometimes hostile society, is one side of his story. Another is ... Weiterlesen

Stephan Niederwieser: On a Wednesday in September

Transl. by Nicholas Andrews. D 2012, 319 pp., brochure, € 16.95
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Bruno Gmünder
A moving tale of guilt, redemption and the survival of love: when Edvard hands his lover a ring to seal their friendship he triggers an emotional avalanche: Bernhard is over-whelmed with images from the past: Nazi Germany, a blond soldier, and trails of blood in the snow. While seeking answers to these haunting images Bernhard crosses paths with many strangers: ... Weiterlesen

Timothy Mo: Pure

UK 2012, 388 pp., hardbound, € 27.95
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Turnaround
Anglo-Chinese author Timothy Mo - with a string of Booker Prize nominations - slipped off the radar when he moved to the Far East and started to self-publish his work. »Pure« - his new book - is a morally ambiguous romp about Islamic jihad in South East Asia as seen through the eyes of a rumbustious Thai ladyboy. Snooky, a ... Weiterlesen