Significant Others - Couverture rigide

Maupin, Armistead

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0701132876 ISBN 13 : 9780701132873

Editeur : Chatto & Windus, 1988

Synopsis

The fifth novel in the "Tales of the city" sequence, which chronicles high, low and louche life in San Francisco and looks at the perplexing consequences of the AIDS epidemic. Maupin aims to portray the trials of modern love and lust and demystify the gay way of life, with sensitivity and humour. He lives in San Francisco and his novels were originally serialized in the "San Francisco Chronicle" and the "San Francisco Examiner". The four previous books in this sequence are available as Corgi paperback originals.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

Significant Others, the fifth self-contained chronicle in the Tales of the City saga, is a cunningly observed class comedy that's sure to be relished by the cognoscenti and by new readers alike.

A holiday in the redwoods goes uproariously awry when the opposing sexes camp out rather too close to each other for comfort.Among those entangled in the mayhem are DeDe Halcyon, reformed debutante, troubled house-husband Brian Hawkins, and the irrepressible Michael 'Mouse' Tolliver (arguably Maupin's most beloved creation).

'Comedy in its most classical form...some of the sharpest and most speakable dialogue you are ever likely to read'
Jonathan Coe, Guardian

'Maupin is a richly gifted comic author...there is room in Armistead Maupin's universe for all of us'
Observer

'As engaging a read as you're likely to encounter in many moons'
The Times

'Wise, witty, loving and caring about the foibles and frailties we all seem to have'
David Hockney

Official Author Website: www.ArmisteadMaupin.com

Présentation de l'éditeur

"An extended love letter to a magical San Francisco."
-- New York Times Book Review

Tranquillity reigns in the ancient redwood forest until a women-only music festival sets up camp downriver from an all-male retreat for the ruling class. Among those entangled in the ensuing mayhem are a lovesick nurseryman, a panic-stricken philanderer and the world's most beautiful fat woman. Significant Others is Armistead Maupin's cunningly observed meditation on marriage, friendship, and sexual nostalgia.

"Comedy in its most classical form...some of the sharpest and most speakable dialogue you are ever likely to read."
--The Guardian

"The color is wonderful, the line bold and flowing. It is also wise, witty, loving and caring about the foibles and frailties we all seem to have."
--David Hockney

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Chatto & Windus
• Date d'édition: 1988
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0701132876
• ISBN 13: 9780701132873
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible