The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction Paperback - 1999
by N. Holden; J. Nestle; Naomi Holoch (Editor)
This groundbreaking anthology of lesbian stories presents literary voices from 27 countries and provides a glimpse of lesbian life in unfamiliar, often exotic climes.
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A groundbreaking volume from Lamda Award-winning editors Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle, The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction presents a range of literary voices--from twenty-seven countries spanning six continents--and offers glimpses of lesbian life in unfamilar, often exotic climes.
We follow an Irish woman as she travels through time in search of a wronged maiden, and anticipate the harrowing fate of a married Indian woman who pursues pleasure with her female lover under the shadow of her husbands suspicious rage. We meet a teacher in Barcelona who locks herself up in her grandmother's house with her young Columbian student, and witness a Slovenian woman's rendezvous with her long dead lover. This collection includes the work of familiar writers, as well as a number never before published in English. From the West Indies to Eastern Europe, the Middle East to Southeast Asia, Latin America to South Africa, the distinctive stories found in these pages evoke the diverse political, cultural, emotional, and sexual landscapes of each writer's life. A groundbreaking volume from the Lamda Award-winning editors Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle, who also wrote the introduction, this collections evokes the universal urgency of persistent desire.
Table of Contents: Mary Dorcey, "Ireland "from A Noise from the WoodshedMakeda Sivera, "JamaicaCaribbean ChameleonMireille Best, "FranceStephanie's BookChristina Peri Rossi, "UruguayFinal Judgement "and Singing in the DesertShani Mootoo, "India-Trinidad-CanadaLemon ScentMarguerite Yourcenar, "BelgiumSappho or SuicideEmma Donoghue, "IrelandLooking for PetronillaSylvia Molloy, "Argentina"from Certificate of AbsenceDaleGunthorp, "South AfricaGypsophilaKaren Williams, "South AfricaThe Came at DawnCynthia Price, "South AfricaLesbian BedroomsAlifa Rifaat, "EgyptMy World of the UnknownYasmin V. Tambiah, "Sri LankaThe Civil War, Sandalwood, Transl(iter)ation I, "and Transl(iter)ation II (for Aruna and Giti)Dionne Brand, "TrinidadMadame Alaird's BreastsViolette Leduc, "France"from L'AphyxieAnchee Min, "China"fromRed AzaleaGerd Brantenberg, "Norway"from Four WindsEsther Tusquets, "Spain"from The Same Sea as Every SummerKaren-Susan Fessel, "GermanyLost FacesMar$#237; a Eugenia Alegria Nunez, "CubaThe Girl Typist Who Worked for a Provincial Ministry of CultureNgahuia Te Awekatuku, "Aotearoa/New ZealandParetipua, Old Man Tuna, "andWatching the Big GirlsDacia Maraini, "Italy"fromLetters to MarinaRosamaria Roffiel, "MexicoForever Lasts Only a Full MoonAnna Blaman, "Holland"from Lonely AdventureChrista Winsloe, "Germany"from The Child ManuelaAchy Obejas, "CubaWatersNicole Brossard, "Canada"fromMauve DesertGila Svirsky, "IsraelMeeting NataliaMaureen Duffy, "England"fromThe MicrocosmJeanne D'Arc Jutras, "Canada"from GeorgieSuzana Tratnik, "SloveniaUnder the Ironwood TreesElena Georgiou, "CyprusAphrodite's VisionEtel Adnan, "Lebanon"from In the Heart of the Heart of Another CountryGina Schein, "AustraliaMinnie Gets Married
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- Title The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction
- Author N. Holden; J. Nestle; Naomi Holoch (Editor)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st thus
- Pages 368
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Vintage, NEW YORK
- Date 1999-06-01
- ISBN 9780679759522 / 0679759522
- Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 8.01 x 5.24 x 0.87 in (20.35 x 13.31 x 2.21 cm)
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- Sex & Gender: Lesbian
- Topical: Lgbt
- Library of Congress subjects Lesbians, Short stories
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98032138
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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- Booklist, 06/15/1999, Page 1786
- Ingram Advance, 06/01/1999, Page 82
- Library Journal, 06/15/1999, Page 111
- Publishers Weekly, 05/31/1999, Page 65
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