The Mammoth Book of Lesbian Short Stories
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| Rating | : | 4.45 (550 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0786706279 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 624 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A++++" according to melissa ellis. It's in great condition. Great for a quickie! A Customer This book is structured very differently. Its 30+ stories are divided under 5 sub-headings, each characterizing different tastes and temptations. These include stories of times gone by, futuristic stories, and phase of life (and womanhood) stories, including tales of open lesbian love affairs, forbidden passions, life-long lovers, and stories about identity confusions--basically, very similar to real life. Any one section is bound to hold a gem of a tale. I. Jennifer Kirkland (umi11@email.com said wonderful collection. The variety of stories in this book is wonderful; some are risque, some are tragic, some are terribly romantic sexy, sad, nostalgic, and funny. Most times I couldn't put it down. My favorite story has to be "The Lobster Queen" because it reminds me so much of my first romantic episode with a woman. It's positively heart-wrenching. Other excellent stories include "The Woman Who Loved the Moon," "The Dark House," "The Burning Times," and "The Catherine Trilog
--Regina Marler. It's no secret that commercial markets for short stories have been drying up for the past 30 years. Like the editors of The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction, Donoghue has chosen a thematic rather than biographical approach, including women writers "of all persuasions." But don't try to choose between this excellent book and the Vintage anthology, which has a different emphasis. "At the end of the 1990s," notes Emma Donoghue, "the only difficulty in compiling a collection of three decades of superb lesbian stories is that there are so many to choose from." Perhaps the best and widest-ranging of recent anthologies, the Mammoth Book includes the work of established writers (Jane Rule, Sara Maitland, Dorothy Allison) alongside that of novices, and corrects the usual overemphasis on American fic
With its focus on new writing, editor and author Emma Donoghue has gathered stories from such writers as Dorothy Allison, Patricia Dunker, Tanith Lee, Jennifer Levin, Anna Livia, Ingrid Macdonald, Sara Maitland, Shani Mootoo, Elizabeth Taylor, Shay Youngblood, and many others.. Building on the success of The Mammoth Book of Gay Short Stories, The Mammoth Book of Lesbian Short Stories collects an international array of the best-known lesbian authors and new talents. Few of the stories have been anthologized before, and some have been specially commissioned for this work