Fire Island

A Queer History

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Beschreibung

"A <b>beautiful, beguiling journey</b> to the ultimate <b>queer utopia</b>" - Olivia Laing "Clued-up but <b>insatiably thirsty, poignant, packed with literary intrigue</b>, <i>Fire Island </i>is a beaming beach read" - Jeremy Atherton Lin --- <b>Fire Island: a slim strip of land off the coast of New York, and a place of hedonism, reinvention, liberation.</b> Arriving on the island after a break-up back home in England, scholar and poet Jack Parlett was beguiled by what he found. Here were the halcyon scenes of Frank O'Hara's poetry; the bars where Patricia Highsmith got drunk; the infamous cruising sites; and the dazzling beaches where couples had fallen in and out of love, free for a sun-kissed moment to be themselves in the time before gay liberation. Tracing Fire Island's rich history, Parlett leads the reader through the early days of the island's life as a discreet home for same-sex love, to the wild parties of the post-Stonewall disco era, to the residents' confrontation with the AIDS epidemic, and into a present where a host of new challenges threaten the island's future. <b>Lyrical and vivid, <i>Fire Island</i> is a hymn to an iconic destination, and to the men and women whose ardour and determination spread freedom across its shores.</b>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781783787029

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

197 x 128 x 22 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Verlag / Hersteller

Granta Publications