Josef Winkler: Kalkutta Tagebuch I

Ö 2011, 120 S., geb., € 20.00
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Bibliothek der Provinz
7. September. Immer wieder auf der Suche nach Bildern für mein indisches Notizbuch aus dem Fenster des Restaurants schauend, an einer Hausmauer auf einen übergroßen Bildschirm blickend, auf dem als Werbung für »Tata Sky« ein Inder mit einem Besen in einer langen Straße auf dem Boden liegende Augengläser zu einem zwei Meter hohen Haufen zusammenkehrt und schließlich in einen großen ... Weiterlesen

Rose Tremain: Trespass

UK 2011, 320 pp., brochure, € 12.95
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In a silent valley stands an isolated stone farmhouse, the Mas Lunel. Its owner is Aramon Lunel, an alcoholic so haunted by his violent past that he's become incapable of all meaningful action, letting his hunting dogs starve and his land go to ruin. Meanwhile, his sister, Audrun, alone in her modern bungalow within sight of the Mas Lunel, dreams ... Weiterlesen

Tony Cavanagh: Loving the Boy

Living the Dream. Vol.1. Uk 2011, 578 pp., brochure, € 14.95
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Melrose - Living the Dream 1
They're talented acrobats, they're gay, and they're deeply in love. United in their relentless pursuit of physical excellence, and tenderly exploring their sexuality, two British boys who find themselves uprooted to the USA embark on their personal voyage of discovery. Joining a caring community with like-minded friends, they add their considerable performance skills to a touring mini-circus which, in the ... Weiterlesen

Edmund de Waal: The Hare With Amber Eyes

USA 2011, 354 pp, pb, € 15.95
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Vintage
264 wood and ivory carvings, none of them bigger than a matchbox: Edmund de Waal was entranced when he first encountered the collection in his great uncle Iggie's Tokyo apartment. When he later inherited the »netsuke«, they unlocked a story far larger and more dramatic than he could ever have imagined. From a burgeoning empire in Odessa to fin de ... Weiterlesen

Mikey Walsh: Gypsy Boy on the Run

UK 2011, 306 pp, pb, € 17.95
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Hodder and Stoughton
The sequel to Mikey Walsh's coming-of-age novel »Gypsy Boy«: Mikey is a Romany Gypsy and grew up living in a caravan on sites across the UK. He adored his family and the rich and vibrant Romany culture he'd inherited. Eventually though he was forced to make a heartbreaking decision - to stay and keep secrets, or escape and find somewhere ... Weiterlesen

Paul Russell: The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov

USA 2011, 383 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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Cleis
Russell's protagonist is an outsider because of his sexuality. He is the eyewitness to world-changing events and manages to find a place for himself at the heart of the creative life of his times. Russell gives us incisive portraits of Cocteau, Diaghilev, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas and their Charmed Circle, and Vladimir and Véra Nabokov, and glimpses into ... Weiterlesen

Elliot Tiber: Palm Trees on the Hudson

A True Story of the Mob, Judy Garland and Interior Decorating. USA 2011, 183 pp., hardbound, € 24.95
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Square One
»Palm Trees on the Hudson« is the hilarious prequel to Elliot Tiber's bestseller »Taking Woodstock.« Before Elliot found financial success by bringing Woodstock Ventures to his upstate motel, he was one of Manhattan s leading interior designers. Then Elliot's career came to a halt due to a floating society party, Judy Garland, and the Mob: Elliot's glamorous society event turned ... Weiterlesen

Dennis Cooper: The Marbled Swarm

A Novel. USA 2011, 194 pp., brochure, € 24.95
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Literary cult hero Dennis Cooper delivers his highly anticipated new novel. Written in a voice that is lush and intricate, »The Marbled Swarm« is Dennis Cooper's most accomplished (and most beguiling) work to date. Cooper tells the story of a man who secretly influences his son to commit a grisly act. In secret passageways, hidden rooms, and the troubled mind ... Weiterlesen

Oscar Wilde: The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray

USA 2011, 260 pp., brochure, € 34.95
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Belknap Harvard
»The Picture of Dorian Gray« altered the way Victorians understood the world they inhabited. It heralded the end of a repressive Victorianism, and after its publication, literature had a different look. Yet the »Dorian Gray« that Victorians never knew was even more daring than the novel the British press condemned as »vulgar«, »unclean«, »poisonous«, »discreditable«, and »a sham«. Now, more ... Weiterlesen

Raik Thorstad, Nico Morleen u.a.: Winter-Liebe

Eine Anthologie aus 5 etwas anderen Love-Stories. D 2011, 132 S., Broschur, € 11.26
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Fantasy Welt Zone
In »Definitionssache« fiebert Leif Weihnachten entgegen - damit all der Stress endlich vorbei ist. Nun aber bekommt er ein Geschenk, mit dem er nicht gerechnet hat. In »Feuersteine« besucht Aischa jeden Weihnachtsmarkt - in der Hoffnung, die feurigen Augen wieder zu sehen, die ihr nicht mehr aus dem Sinn gehen wollen. Als sie Lily wieder trifft, muss sich erst noch ... Weiterlesen

Silke Porath: Nicht ohne meinen Mops

D 2011, 276 S., Broschur, € 10.18
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Gmeiner
Tanjas großer Traum ist auf dem besten Wege in Erfüllung zu gehen. Sie hat eine tolle Altbauwohnung in Stuttgarts bester Lage aufgetan. Ihr größtes Problem ist nun: sie kann sich die Wohnung unmöglich alleine leisten und braucht daher Mitbewohner, die sich an der horrenden Miete beteiligen. Das Casting führt schnell zu einer Entscheidung. Tanja ist ganz hingerissen von Chris und ... Weiterlesen

Bruce Duffy: Disaster Was My God

The Scandalous Outlaw Life of Arthur Rimbaud. UK 2011, 361 pp., brochure, € 14.95
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Clerkenwell
In the space of one year, 1871, with a handful of startling poems, Arthur Rimbaud transformed himself from a teenage bumpkin into the literary sensation of Paris. He was taken in, then taken up, by the older, married poet Paul Verlaine in a passionate affair. When Rimbaud sought to end it, Verlaine, in a jealous rage, shot him. Shortly thereafter, ... Weiterlesen

David Sedaris: Das Leben ist kein Streichelzoo

Fiese Fabeln. Dt. v. Georg Deggerich. D 2011, 175 S. mit Illustrationen, Pb, € 8.21
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Heyne
Fabeln sind erdichtet und lehrhaft. Viele Jahre lang hat David Sedaris gedichtet, geschrieben und gesammelt - ohne allerdings pädagogische Gewähr für ihre Lehrhaftigkeit zu übernehmen, sind die besten Fabeln des US-Autors nach dem Prinzip Sedaris (»ein Leben für die Pointe«) in diesem Buch versammelt. Bleischwer senkt sich peinlich berührtes Schweigen über den Salon der Pavianin - hat die Saloninhaberin doch ... Weiterlesen

Jonathan Kemp: 26

Uk 2011, 134 pp., brochure, € 17.95
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Myriad Editions
»26« is an explicit and startling meditation on sex and language. An unnamed narrator travels to cruising grounds and sex clubs, pushing the boundaries of desire and the body in a relentless pursuit of pleasure. From the author of »London Triptych«, this prose takes us to places language rarely goes. In each chapter, titled after a letter of the alphabet, ... Weiterlesen

Naomi Alderman: The Lessons

UK 2011, 279 pp., brochure, € 9.30
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Penguin UK
James, always the outsider, enters Oxford - high seat of privilege, wealth and ambition. There he meets Mark Winters who is unbelievably wealthy. He is also gay, dissolute, promiscuous, pitilessly cruel and manipulative. He invites James and other members of the group to live rent-free in the large, rambling house he happens to own. There are untouchable Emmanuella, on-again/off-again Simon ... Weiterlesen