by Mark Mitchell · Viking · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780670853373
VAT included
Hamelyn quality guarantee · checked and verified, or your money back
«The Penguin Book of International Gay Writing» is the anthology of gay literature edited by Mark Mitchell, published by Viking in paperback (608 pages).
It brings together fiction and nonfiction stories by gay and heterosexual authors exploring love between men across different cultures and eras. Includes Plato, Boccaccio, Marguerite Yourcenar, Reinaldo Arenas, Yukio Mishima and Manuel Puig, and reveals the historical and cultural flexibility of attitudes toward homosexuality.
Originally published in 1995; the introduction is by David Leavitt, co-editor with Mark Mitchell of The Penguin Book of Gay Short Stories. Text in English.
Anthology of interest to readers of LGBTQ+ literature and to those seeking a historical and cross-cultural overview of gay narrative.
