{"product_id":"9780679759522","title":"The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003eA groundbreaking volume from Lamda Award-winning editors Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle, \u003cb\u003eThe Vintage Book of International  Lesbian Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e presents a range of literary voices—from twenty-seven countries spanning six continents—and offers glimpses of lesbian life in unfamilar, often exotic climes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe follow an Irish woman as she travels through time in search of a wronged maiden, and anticipate the harrowing fate of a married Indian woman who pursues pleasure with her female lover under the shadow of her husbands suspicious rage.  We meet a teacher in Barcelona who locks herself up in her grandmother's house with her young Columbian student, and witness a Slovenian woman's rendezvous with her long dead lover.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection includes the work of familiar writers, as well as a number never before published in English.  From the West Indies to Eastern Europe, the Middle East to Southeast Asia, Latin America to South Africa, the distinctive stories found in these pages evoke the diverse political, cultural, emotional, and sexual landscapes of each writer's life.  A groundbreaking volume from the Lamda Award-winning editors Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle, who also wrote the introduction, this collections evokes the universal urgency of persistent desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMary Dorcey, \u003ci\u003eIreland\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003efrom\u003c\/i\u003e A Noise from the WoodshedMakeda Sivera, \u003ci\u003eJamaica\u003c\/i\u003eCaribbean ChameleonMireille Best, \u003ci\u003eFrance\u003c\/i\u003eStéphanie's BookChristina Peri Rossi, \u003ci\u003eUruguay\u003c\/i\u003eFinal Judgement \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e Singing in the DesertShani Mootoo, \u003ci\u003eIndia-Trinidad-Canada\u003c\/i\u003eLemon ScentMarguerite Yourcenar, \u003ci\u003eBelgium\u003c\/i\u003eSappho or SuicideEmma Donoghue, \u003ci\u003eIreland\u003c\/i\u003eLooking for PetronillaSylvia Molloy, \u003ci\u003eArgentinafrom\u003c\/i\u003e Certificate of AbsenceDale Gunthorp, \u003ci\u003eSouth Africa\u003c\/i\u003eGypsophilaKaren Williams, \u003ci\u003eSouth Africa\u003c\/i\u003eThe Came at DawnCynthia Price, \u003ci\u003eSouth Africa\u003c\/i\u003eLesbian BedroomsAlifa Rifaat, \u003ci\u003eEgypt\u003c\/i\u003eMy World of the UnknownYasmin V. Tambiah, \u003ci\u003eSri Lanka\u003c\/i\u003eThe Civil War, Sandalwood, Transl(iter)ation I, \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e Transl(iter)ation II (for Aruna and Giti)Dionne Brand, \u003ci\u003eTrinidad\u003c\/i\u003eMadame Alaird's BreastsViolette Leduc, \u003ci\u003eFrancefrom\u003c\/i\u003e L'AphyxieAnchee Min, \u003ci\u003eChinafrom\u003c\/i\u003eRed AzaleaGerd Brantenberg, \u003ci\u003eNorwayfrom\u003c\/i\u003e Four WindsEsther Tusquets, \u003ci\u003eSpainfrom\u003c\/i\u003e The Same Sea as Every SummerKaren-Susan Fessel, \u003ci\u003eGermany\u003c\/i\u003eLost FacesMar$#237;a Eugenia Alegría Nuñez, \u003ci\u003eCuba\u003c\/i\u003eThe Girl Typist Who Worked for a Provincial Ministry of CultureNgahuia Te Awekatuku, \u003ci\u003eAotearoa\/New Zealand\u003c\/i\u003eParetipua, Old Man Tuna, \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003eWatching the Big GirlsDacia Maraini, \u003ci\u003eItalyfrom\u003c\/i\u003eLetters to MarinaRosamaría Roffiel, \u003ci\u003eMexico\u003c\/i\u003eForever Lasts Only a Full MoonAnna Blaman, \u003ci\u003eHollandfrom\u003c\/i\u003e Lonely AdventureChrista Winsloe, \u003ci\u003eGermanyfrom\u003c\/i\u003e The Child ManuelaAchy Obejas, \u003ci\u003eCuba\u003c\/i\u003eWatersNicole Brossard, \u003ci\u003eCanadafrom\u003c\/i\u003eMauve DesertGila Svirsky, \u003ci\u003eIsrael\u003c\/i\u003eMeeting NataliaMaureen Duffy, \u003ci\u003eEnglandfrom\u003c\/i\u003eThe MicrocosmJeanne D'Arc Jutras, \u003ci\u003eCanadafrom\u003c\/i\u003e GeorgieSuzana Tratnik, \u003ci\u003eSlovenia\u003c\/i\u003eUnder the Ironwood TreesElena Georgiou, \u003ci\u003eCyprus\u003c\/i\u003eAphrodite's VisionEtel Adnan, \u003ci\u003eLebanonfrom\u003c\/i\u003e In the Heart of the Heart of Another CountryGina Schein, \u003ci\u003eAustralia\u003c\/i\u003eMinnie Gets Married\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47025010278640,"sku":"9780679759522","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780679759522_p0.jpg?v=1763608786","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780679759522","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}