| Description |
xviii, 349 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-342). |
| Contents |
Caribbean chameleon / Makeda Silvera -- Stephanie's book / Mireille Best -- Final judgment ; Singing in the desert / Cristina Peri Rossi -- Lemon Scent / Shani Mootoo -- Sappho or suicide / Marguerite Yourcenar -- Looking for Petronilla / Emma Donoghue -- Gypsophila / Dale Gunthorp -- They came at dawn / Karen Williams -- Lesbian bedrooms / Cynthia Price -- My world of the unknown / Alifa Rifaat -- The Civil War ; Sandalwood ; Transl(iter)ation I ; Transl(iter)ation II (for Aruna and Giti) / Yasmin V. Tambiah -- Madame Alaird's breasts / Dionne Brand -- Lost faces / Karen-Susan Fessel -- The girl typist who worked for a provincial ministry of culture / Maria Eugenia Alegria Nunez -- Paretipua ; Old Man Tuna ; Watching the big girls / Ngahuia Te Awekotuku -- Forever lasts only a full moon / Rosamaria Roffiel -- Waters / Achy Obejas -- Meeting Natalia / Gila Svirsky -- Under the ironwood trees / Suzana Tratnik -- Aphrodite's vision / Elena Georgiou -- Minnie gets married / Gina Schein. |
| Summary |
Stories by lesbian writers from around the world. They range from Egyptian writer Alifa Rifaat's story on a relationship between a lesbian and a snake, to a piece by France's Mireille Best on a relationship of a woman with her son's teacher. |
| Subject |
Fiction -- Women authors.
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Lesbians' writings.
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Lesbians -- Fiction.
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Fiction -- 20th century.
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Women authors -- Fiction -- Translations into English.
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Fiction -- 20th century -- Translations into English.
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Lesbians' writings -- Translations into English.
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| Added Author |
Holoch, Naomi.
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Nestle, Joan, 1940-
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| ISBN |
0679759522 alkaline paper |
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