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It was my introduction to heralded American author James Baldwin. As an English major and author, I really should have read him years ago! The book’s premise alone is impressive: A white bisexual man in 1950s Paris struggles with his sexuality, in a story written by a Black American. Baldwin being Baldwin, I continued to be impressed as I read, by his beautifully rendered portrayal of love, lust, friendship, identity and guilt (plus murder!) in the seedy bars and dreary streets of Paris.
When David meets the sensual Giovanni in a bohemian bar, he is swept into a passionate love affair. But his girlfriend's return to Paris destroys everything. Unable to admit to the truth, David pretends the liaison never happened - while Giovanni's life descends into tragedy.
United by the theme of love, the writings in the Great Loves series span over two thousand years and vastly different worlds. Readers will be introduced to love's endlessly fascinating possibilities and extremities: romantic love, platonic love, erotic love, gay love, virginal love, adulterous love, parental love, filial love, nostalgic love, unrequited love, illicit love,…
Magical realism meets the magic of Christmas in this mix of Jewish, New Testament, and Santa stories–all reenacted in an urban psychiatric hospital!
On locked ward 5C4, Josh, a patient with many similarities to Jesus, is hospitalized concurrently with Nick, a patient with many similarities to Santa. The two argue…
Nine-year-old Ronan O’Mara was the hero of this story for me. Witnessing his youthful delight in an old storyteller and then developing his own passion to learn the lore and history of his homeland was endearing. Set in the 1950s, itinerant storytellers who once were somewhat commonplace and who combed the country were now becoming a remnant of the past. As custom has it, the old man moves on much to Ronan’s dismay. He spends his years into early adulthood searching for the man and as he does, Ronan becomes quite the storyteller himself.
Rich in both history and that of fables, I learned about the Emerald Isle in a way that no history book could, and it was through both the eyes of old and wise and that of the young and eager. It was winsome, engaging and heartfelt and shows the power of a story.
One evening in 1951, an itinerant storyteller arrives unannounced and mysterious at a house in the Irish countryside. By the November fireside he begins to tell the story of this extraordinary land. One of his listeners, a nine-year-old boy, grows so entranced by the storytelling that, when the old man leaves, he devotes his life to finding him again. It is a search that uncovers both passions and mysteries, in his own life as well as the old man's, and their solving becomes the thrilling climax to this tale. But the life of this boy is more than just his…
