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Mémoires d'Hadrien Mémoires d'Hadrien Marguerite Yourcenar *Mémoires d'Hadrien* est un roman historique de l'écrivaine française Marguerite Yourcenar, publié en 1951. Ces pseudo-mémoires de l'empereur romain Hadrien ont immédiatement rencontré un extraordina… OL106837W
Le coup de grâce Le coup de grâce Marguerite Yourcenar Set in the Baltic provinces in the aftermath of World War I, *Coup de Grâce* tells the story of an intimacy that grows between three young people hemmed in by civil war: Erick, a Prussian fighting wi… OL106854W
Notre-Dame-des-Fleurs Notre-Dame-des-Fleurs Jean Genet Our Lady of the Flowers (Notre-Dame-des-Fleurs) is the debut novel of French writer Jean Genet, first published in 1943. The free-flowing, poetic novel is a largely autobiographical account of a man'… OL1281903W
Querelle de Brest Querelle de Brest Jean Genet **From Wikipedia:** ***Spoiler alert!*** The plot centers on the handsome Belgian sailor Georges Querelle, who is also a thief and murderer. When his ship, the Vengeur, arrives in Brest, he vis… OL1281928W
Ernesto Ernesto Umberto Saba Ernesto, a 16-year-old boy living in Trieste in 1898, has an affair with a 28-year-old worker simply called "the man". Ernesto subsequently has sex with the man frequently, but after an enjoyable exp… OL1437540W
Despised & Rejected Despised & Rejected A. T. Fitzroy In July 1914 a family gathers at a holiday hotel in Devon. There is a dominant father and a socially ambitious mother who adores her son Dennis. When he arrives it is at once clear to the reader why … OL154592W
Les Libertins d'Anvers Les Libertins d'Anvers Georges Eekhoud Set in the 16th century, it follows the story of the roofer Éloi Pruystinck -called Loïet le Couvreur- prophet of an anarchic movement, which constitutes the center of the Antwerp Libertines, nicknam… OL24389670W
El Auriga/the Charioteer El Auriga/the Charioteer Mary Renault After enduring an injury at Dunkirk during World War II, Laurie Odell is sent to a rural veterans' hospital in England to convalesce. There he befriends the young, bright Andrew, a conscientious obje… OL3906332W
The King Must Die The King Must Die Mary Renault Historical fiction. Theseus, a prince of ancient Athens, is taken as a slave to the island of Crete, where he's condemned to certain death as a bull dancer. But he abducts the Princess Ariadne & make… OL3906339W
The young and evil The young and evil Parker Tyler,Charles Henri Ford A stunning work, first published in 1933 by Obelisk Press (Jack Kahane's legacy), The Young and the Evil is a non-judgmental depiction of gay life and men who earn their living there, told through ch… OL4470661W
A glass of blessing A glass of blessing Barbara Pym,Barbara Pym **From Amazon.com:** **Barbara Pym’s early novel takes us into 1950s England, as seen through the funny, engaging, yearning eyes of a restless housewife** Wilmet Forsyth is bored. Bored with th… OL480930W
A single man A single man Christopher Isherwood Classic fiction. The best prose writer in English' Gore Vidal Celebrated as a masterpiece from its first publication, A Single Man is the story of George Falconer, an English professor in suburban Ca… OL51203W
The history of Sir Richard Calmady The history of Sir Richard Calmady Lucas Malet This is a fascinating study of a man born with his feet where his knees should be. It chronicles his struggles with his disability. Malet is the pseudonym of the daughter of Charles Kingsley, the … OL5777681W
The Price of Salt The Price of Salt Patricia Highsmith THE PRICE OF SALT is the famous lesbian love story by Patricia Highsmith, written under the pseudonym Claire Morgan. The author became notorious due to the story's latent lesbian content and happy en… OL59448W
The garden god The garden god Forrest Reid **From Amazon.com:** Fifteen year old Graham Iddesleigh dreams of a past life, where he frolicked in a garden with a young Greek god. However, his dreams threaten to come to an abrupt end when his… OL6189499W
Armance Armance Stendhal Armance is a romance novel set during the Bourbon Restoration by Stendhal, published anonymously in 1827. It was Stendhal's first novel, though he had published essays and critical works on literatur… OL733637W
The Sins of the Cities of the Plain, or the Recollections of a Mary-Ann The Sins of the Cities of the Plain, or the Recollections of a Mary-Ann Jack Saul The Sins of the Cities of the Plain purports to be the memoirs of Jack Saul, a young rentboy or "Mary-Ann". In the book Saul is picked up on the street by a Mr. Chambon. After they have dinner, Chamb… OL7704847W
Better Angel Better Angel Richard Meeker Better Angel is a novel by Forman Brown first published in 1933 under the pseudonym Richard Meeker. It was republished as Torment in 1951. It is an early novel which describes a gay lifestyle without… OL77861W
La Confusion des sentiments La Confusion des sentiments Stefan Zweig Stefan Zweig was particularly drawn to the novella, and Confusion, a rigorous and yet transporting dramatization of the conflict between the heart and the mind, is among his supreme achievements in t… OL8975102W
The city and the pillar The city and the pillar Gore Vidal The City and the Pillar is the third published novel by American writer Gore Vidal, written in 1946 and published on January 10, 1948. The story is about a young man who is coming of age and discover… OL98031W
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