I Am a Woman
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| Rating | : | 4.22 (793 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1573441457 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 200 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Bannon was one of a handful of queer pioneers who captured the dramas of lesbian life in fiction, creating emotionally real gay characters in a world that scorned homosexuals as reprehensible deviants." - San Francisco Bay Guardian
Ann Bannon is the author of the classic lesbian pulp novels Beebo Brinker, Odd Girl Out, Women in the Shadows, and Journey to a Woman. She lives in Sacramento, CA.
"My Favorite Book of All Time" according to A Customer. The only reason this book rated as a nine rather than a ten is because of the time period in which it was written lends to a negative tone towards lesbianism and male homosexuality.This book was like a fountain in the desert to me when I was a young lesbian. It was orginally written and published in the 1950's.The complete title of the book is actually "I am A Woman In Love With a Woman Must Society Reject Me."Ann Bannon has said she wrote the book in order to save her own sanity. I know it helped save mine.The novel revolves around Laura who has left college because Beth. Theo J. said The Past, Out Of The Closet: Ann Bannon's I AM A WOMAN. For a young woman just out of college and newly married, writing an openly lesbian romance in the late 1950s must have seemed a preposterous endeavor. Fledgling author Ann Bannon didn't entirely believe it herself when her first book, ODD GIRL OUT, became a paperback bestseller for 1957. But she went on to write several more books in a now-iconic series, detailing the lives of gay men and women in that deeply closeted era. I AM A WOMAN chronicles protagonist Laura's attempts to live a life without emotional involvement after her first love, Beth, has chosen to marry a man. "Love it !" according to M. Rivera. I just love how the character Laura went from Odd Girl Out to this part of her life. Jack Mann is my type of guy I hated him at first since he seemed like a smart-to me . But I started getting to know him through the whole series of Ann Bannon's books and he really is the Man.I was surpeised how the main character Laura became a strong yet brash woman and her acceptance on who she is almost brings tears to once eye. But I still think she's nuts. But its well written and I still read it over and over.
Most are set in Greenwich Village, and Ms. Bannon’s descriptions of bars, clubs and apartment parties vividly evoke a vanished community. Whereas most lesbians in pulp are stereotypes who get punished for their desires, Beebo and her friends are accessibly human. Her characters also have historical value. Sleeze. Oh, the twisted passions of the twilight world of lesbian pulp fiction." Chicago Free Press"Little did Bannon know that her stories would become legends, inspiring countless fledgling dykes to flock to the Village, dog-eared copies of her books in hand, to find their own Beebos and Lauras and others who shared the love they dared not name." San Francisco Bay Guardian"Ann Bannon is a pioneer of dyke drama." On Our Backs"When I was young, Bannon's books let me imagine myself into her New York City neighborhoods of short-haired, dark-eyed butch women and stubborn, tight-lipped secretaries with hearts ready to be broken. Depravity. The classic 1950s novel from the Queen of Lesbian Pulp."For contemporary readers the books offer a valuable record of gay and lesbian life in the 1950s. Their struggles with love and relationships are engrossing today, and half a century ago they were revolutionary." New York Times"Sex. I would have dated Beebo, no question." Dorothy Allison"Bannon's books grab you and don't let go." Village Voice