Passing Strange
by:
Ellen Klages (author)
San Francisco in 1940 is a haven for the unconventional. Tourists flock to the cities within the city: the Magic City of the World’s Fair on an island created of artifice and illusion; the forbidden city of Chinatown, a separate, alien world of exotic food and nightclubs that offer “authentic”...
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San Francisco in 1940 is a haven for the unconventional. Tourists flock to the cities within the city: the Magic City of the World’s Fair on an island created of artifice and illusion; the forbidden city of Chinatown, a separate, alien world of exotic food and nightclubs that offer “authentic” experiences, straight from the pages of the pulps; and the twilight world of for
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Format: Kindle Edition
ASIN: B01JZ6SJXE
Publisher: Tor
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
This took me a little bit of time to figure out. This opens in modern day San Fran with Helen selling a painting by Haskel. This painting is Haskel's last known work before disappearing. This then returns to 1940s San Fran. Franny, Babs, Helen, Haskel (Loretta), and Helen are all a group of lesbian ...
I may be more in love with the parts this is constructed from than with the whole. All the characters are great, and I'd love to see more stories about them.
A lovely novella heavy on character and emotion, light on fantasy. Recommended.
Helen Young ist mit ihren gut 100 Jahren das letzte noch lebende Mitglied einer Gruppe von Freundinnen, die sich in den 1940er Jahren kennengelernt hat. Heute, zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts, ist auch ihre Zeit abgelaufen. Doch bevor sie von Alter und Krankheit niedergestreckt wird, gibt es noch etw...
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