Boyopolis: Sex and Politics in Gay Eastern Europe
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| Rating | : | 4.34 (697 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0879516909 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 432 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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A Slice of Highsmith Patricia Highsmith is well-known for her vividly shocking tales which center around amoral or unlikeable characters. "Little Tales of Misogyny" is an intriguing collection of extremely short stories that showcase the master talent that was Highsmith. In a few pages she is able to create characters who are both real and satirical, events that are both fantastic and ordinary, and dredge up feelings of wonder and unease within the reader."Little Tales of Misogyny" is a misleading title since misogyny is certainly not involved in all seventeen of these short stories. What the tales all have in common are male and female characters who . Couldn't Put It Down I loved this book. Patricia Highsmith has a was of writing short stories with dark and twisted humor. Each story has a twisted at the end and I could not put the book down. I will defiantly be reading more of her books.. Entretenido, Retorcido, Bellaco Luis Méndez Un pequeño libro lleno de historias tremendas, historias de hombres maltratados y de personas con problemas. Es un libro divertido. Quizás refleje en el fondo la personalidad de la autora o quizás solo lo usa Como artificio literario para atraer lectores, pues bien es sabido que las historias de gente bien y situaciones estables no interesan a nadie, mientras que las historias de vidas y gente torcida atraen las masas. Quizás es para saber que no somos los únicos torcidos o con pequeñas manías en el universo. Ver que la vida de un prójimo real o imaginario es peor que la nuest
Book by Persky, Stan
. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. A left-of-center journalist, he nevertheless welcomes the "economic shock therapy" of Poland's free-market plan. In one illustrated essay, German photographer Herbert List's idealized 1930s portraits of young boys along the Baltic coast serve as a springboard for Persky's free-form meditations on bodily desire and its suppression, on straight prostitution, homosexual hustling, Nazism, his Jewish heritage and working-class Chicago boyhood and the politics of gay liberation. Photos. From Publishers Weekly Gay Canadian journalist Persky's travelogue, extending from Berlin to Bu