Lost Language of Cranes, The
by:
David Leavitt (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780553344653 (055334465X)
ASIN: 055334465X
Publish date: 1987-10-01
Publisher: Bantam
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
From all quarters I've heard that this is one of the best and most influential modern gay novels, and when I started reading 'Gay Men's Literature in the 20th Century' I noticed one of its last chapters was devoted to it and even 'Pulp Friction' name-dropped it in its introduction. I've slowed down ...
This is a pleasing book. It has the feel of an Ann Tyler novel and that’s a good thing. Both the father and son realize that they’re both gay around the same time. The mother lives in a place where not knowing everything is sometimes the best way to live or better yet the best place to be. It took p...