The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction: Lambda Literary Award

by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle

Book Overview

A groundbreaking volume from Lamda Award-winning editors Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle, The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction presents a range of literary voices--from twenty-seven countries spanning six continents--and offers glimpses of lesbian life in unfamilar, often exotic climes.

We 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679759522
• ISBN13: 9780679759522
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Astounding

This collection of lesbian fiction, not all by lesbian authors, is a marvelous assortment of voices from around the world. From such big names as Violette Leduc, Emma Donoghue, Makeda Silvera, and Dionne Brand, to new-to-American-eyes writers like Jeanne d'Arc Jutras, Yasmin Tambiah, and Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, this anthology has definitely opened my eyes to the diversity of lesbian fiction. I only wish there was more available by some of these authors here in the US! This book only whets the appetite like standing in the middle of an international food festival, not knowing which morsel to savor first.