Tahar Ben Jelloun: Sohn ihres Vaters

Dt. v. Christiane Kayser. D 2011, 191 S., Pb, € 9.20
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Im Stil eines orientalischen Märchens aus »Tausendundeiner Nacht« erzählt der marokkanische Autor Tahar Ben Jelloun in »Sohn ihres Vaters« die Geschichte von Zahra - sie kommt als achte Tochter des arabischen Kaufmanns Hadsch Ahmed Suleiman zur Welt. Und schon bei der Geburt ist die Verzweiflung des Vaters groß, weil er wieder keinen Sohn zustandegebracht hat, der ihm eines Tages als ... Weiterlesen

James Franco: Palo Alto

USA/UK 2011, 197pp., brochure, € 19.95
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Set in a northern California university town, Palo Alto traces the lives of an extended group of teenagers as they experiment with vices of all kinds, struggle with their families and one another, and succumb to self-destructive, often heartless nihilism. Actor James Franco (»James Dean«, »Spiderman«, »Milk«, »Howl«) presents his characters in all their raw humanity, while at the same ... Weiterlesen

William S. Burroughs: Queer

UK 2010, 150 pp., brochure, € 17.95
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Penguin UK
Originally written in 1952 but not published till 1985, due to its outspoken depiction of homosexual desire, »Queer« is an enigma - both an unflinching autobiographical self-portrait and a coruscatingly political novel, Burroughs' only realist love story and a montage of comic-grotesque fantasies that paved the way for his masterpiece, »Naked Lunch«. Set in Mexico City during the early fifties, ... Weiterlesen

Robert Byron: The Road to Oxiana

UK 2010, 393 pp., brochure, € 13.95
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Vintage
In 1933, the delightfully eccentric gay descendant of the famous Lord Byron, Robert Byron, set out on a journey through the Middle East via Beirut, Jerusalem, Baghdad and Teheran to Oxiana - the country of the Oxus, the ancient name for the river Amu Darya which formed part of the border between Afghanistan and the Soviet Union. While his arrival ... Weiterlesen

Nigel Barley: Island of Demons

Singapore 2010, 388 pp., brochure, € 24.95
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Monsoon
In the 1920s and 30s, Walter Spies - gay German ethnographer, choreographer, film maker, natural historian and painter - transformed the perception of Bali from that of a remote island to become the site for Western fantasies about Paradise as it underwent an influx of foreign visitors. The rich and famous flocked to Spies' house in Ubud and his life ... Weiterlesen

Jack Kerouac: Gammler, Zen und hohe Berge

Dt. v. Michael Kellner. D 2010 (überarbeitete Neuausg.), 348 S., Pb, € 10.27
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Rowohlt
Buddha kam auch nach Kalifornien: zusammen mit dem Dichter und Zenbuddhisten Japhy Ryder begibt sich der temperamentvolle junge Schriftsteller Ray Smith auf eine berauschende Reise - von den Partys und Poetry-Sessions in San Francisco bis in die einsamen Höhen der High Sierras - immer auf der Suche nach einem intensiven, sinnerfüllten Leben. Kerouac, der bisexuelle Autor der Beat-Generation und enger ... Weiterlesen

Andrea Busfield: Aphrodite's War

UK 2010, 510 pp., brochure, € 24.95
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Cyprus, 1955 - a guerrilla war is raging and four Greek brothers are growing up to the familiar sounds of exploding bombs and sniper fire. Determined to avenge the death of his elder brother and to win the heart of his beloved Praxi, young Loukis joins a cell of schoolboy terrorists operating in the mountains. But when his cohorts blow ... Weiterlesen

Bill Clegg: Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man: A Memoir

USA 2010, 222 pp., brochure, € 17.95
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Bill Clegg had a thriving business as a literary agent, a supportive partner, trusting colleagues, and loving friends when he walked away from his world and embarked on a two-month crack binge. He had been released from rehab nine months earlier, and his relapse would cost him his home, his money, his career, and very nearly his life. What is ... Weiterlesen

Alan Bennett: The Habit of Art

A Play. USA 2010, 88 pp., brochure, € 13.95
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Faber and Faber
Benjamin Britten, sailing uncomfortably close to the wind with his new opera, »Death in Venice«, seeks advice from his former collaborator and friend, W. H. Auden. During this imagined meeting, their first in twenty-five years, they are observed and interrupted by, among others, their future biographer and a young man from the local bus station. Alan Bennett's new play is ... Weiterlesen

David Pratt: Bob the Book

UK 2010, 189 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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Chelsea Station
Just what is a »gay book«? - A book attracted to books of the same gender! Meet »Bob the Book«, a gay book for sale in a Greenwich Village bookstore, where he falls in love with another book, Moishe. But a freak accident separates the young lovers. As Bob wends his way through used book bins, paper bags, knapsacks, and ... Weiterlesen

Robert W. Littlefield: And It Was Full of Light

USA 2010, 353 pp., brochure, € 19.99
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Bobby Fowler is the first and only out gay kid at Dunston High School. Unathletic and small for his age, Bobby was orphaned soon after moving from New England to Dunston, a ranching town in central Texas, just before freshman year. Deeply scarred from a near-fatal beating during sophomore year, Bobby finds solace in his drums, composing music, and his ... Weiterlesen

Dennis Cooper: Smothered in Hugs

Essays, Interviews, Feedback, and Obituaries. USA 2010, 377 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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Harper Collins
From the internationally acclaimed author of »Ugly Man« and one of »the last literary outlaws in mainstream American fiction« (Bret Easton Ellis) comes a survey of his cultural criticism. From interviews with celebrities such as Leonard DiCaprio and Keanu Reeves to obituaries for Kurt Cobain and River Phoenix - to writings on social issues - including the touchstone piece »AIDS: ... Weiterlesen

Mikey Walsh: Gypsy Boy

UK 2010, 292 pp., brochure, € 17.95
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Hodder and Stoughton
Mikey Walsh was born into a Romany Gypsy family, and this is his memoir of growing up gypsy and gay. Gypsies live in secluded communities and little is known about their way of life. After centuries of persecution, Gypsies are wary of outsiders, and if you choose to leave you can never come back. This is something Mikey knows too ... Weiterlesen

Michael Carson: Sucking Sherbet Lemons

The Coming-of-Age Novel with a Difference. UK 2010, 292 pp., brochure, € 13.99
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Cutting Edge
A gay Adrian Mole: what do you do when you are fat, 14, obsessed with the catholic church, with Doing the Right Thing, with scones and sweets, with other boys and their private parts? Well, if you're Benson, you panic and flee, hiding from the flesh as a novice in a monastery. Alas, St Finbar's monastery is as full of ... Weiterlesen

J. Walther: Benjamins Gärten

D 2010, 147 S., Broschur, € 10.18
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Debüt
Die Eltern von Benjamin sind tot. Der 19-Jährige lebt nun völlig allein in seinem Elternhaus. Es fällt ihm schwer, von den Erinnerungen an verlorene, bessere Zeiten loszukommen. Er lässt sich treiben und weiß nicht recht, was er noch mit seinem Leben anfangen soll. In dem Dorf, in dem er lebt, sieht er irgendwie keine Zukunft für sich. Das Einzige, das ... Weiterlesen