Outlander: Short Stories and Essays
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- Synopsis
- Fiction and nonfiction form compelling counterpoints in this powerful look at love and lesbianism The stories and essays in this anthology depict homosexuality in all its variegated forms. In &“Home Movie,&” Alysoun Carr, a clarinetist with the San Francisco Symphony, learns about overcoming fear from a woman named Constantina. &“In the Attic of the House&” depicts sixty-five-year-old Alice, who rents rooms to younger gay women who have no inkling of Alice&’s tragic lesbian past. &“Outlander&” is about a widowed alcoholic trying to stay sober through a war that will take her son and, possibly, her longtime lover. &“Sexuality in Literature&” is a lively essay about everything from the homophobia that exists in all of us to the new words that need to be invented for female sexuality.
- Copyright:
- 1981
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 208 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781480429444
- Publisher:
- Open Road Media
- Date of Addition:
- 10/15/23
- Copyrighted By:
- Jane Rule
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.