First Love/Last Love - Hardcover

Ortleb, C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399130829 ISBN 13: 9780399130823

Publisher: Putnam Adult, 1985

Synopsis

This second collection of more than twenty stories of gay fiction from "Christopher Street" magazine highlights works by David Leavitt, John Fox, David Plante, James Purdy, Robert Ferro, and others

About this title

From Library Journal:

When Christopher Street magazine began publication ten years ago, its basic objective was to nurture and support serious gay writing, to present material that would reflect the reality of gay life, not the caricatures so often imposed by outsiders. The magazine's success in realizing its goal is aptly reflected in this second collection of stories taken from its pages. Together they offer a realistic, sensitive, basically sober view of the tensions and problems facing gays as they relate to each other and the world. Overall, this is high-quality material, although lack of humor gives it an air of overdone solemnity. Offering an excellent sampling of some of the best writers of this genreJames Purdy, Andrew Holleran, Robert Ferro, and Jane Rule are among the contributorsit is highly recommended for both academic and public libraries. David W. Henderson, Eckerd Coll. Lib., St. Petersburg, Fla.
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Publishers Weekly:

This is the second anthology of gay fiction culled from the pages of Christopher Street magazine. While it displays an interesting array of writers' styles and themesincluding those of David Leavitt, Jane DeLynn, Perri Klass, Eleanor Lerman, Jane Rule, David Plante, Andrew Holleran, James Purdy and Robert Ferrothe basic premise of the collection as a sampling of a particularly significant minority literature fails to hold up against the grating provincialism and insular self-absorption demonstrated by many of the characters. Such statements as "I don't care about the other suckers. I care about my own depressing minority," depress the reader as well. With few exceptions, these stories offer little moral or emotional sustenance; neither do they succeed as diversion. November 18
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Putnam Adult
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0399130829
• ISBN 13: 9780399130823
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288