Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781844086788
Publisert
2010
Utgiver
Vendor
Virago Press Ltd
Vekt
180 gr
Høyde
130 mm
Bredde
200 mm
Dybde
17 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
256
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Jane Rule (1931-2007) was born in New Jersey. She became a Canadian citizen in the 1960s. Author of seven novels, short stories, essays and criticism, and university lecturer, Rule was the recipient of several awards including the Canadian Authors' Association Award for Best Novel (1978) and the Order of Canada (2007).
Set in the late 1950s, this is the story of Evelyn Hall, an English Professor, who goes to Reno to obtain a divorce and put an end to her disastrous 16-year marriage. While staying at a boarding house to establish her six-week residency requirement she meets Ann Childs, a casino worker and fifteen years her junior. Physically, they are remarkably alike and eventually have an affair and begin the struggle to figure out just how a relationship between two women can last.Desert of the Heart examines the conflict between convention and freedom and the ways in which the characters try to resolve the conflict
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Regarded as a classic of lesbian literature and was groundbreaking when published in 1964.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781844086788
Publisert
2010
Utgiver
Vendor
Virago Press Ltd
Vekt
180 gr
Høyde
130 mm
Bredde
200 mm
Dybde
17 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
256
Forfatter
Introduksjon ved