Jacket Description/Flap: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 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. This 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. Table of Contents: Mary Dorcey, "Ireland "from A Noise from the WoodshedMakeda Sivera, "JamaicaCaribbean ChameleonMireille Best, "FranceStephanie's BookChristina Peri Rossi, "UruguayFinal Judgement "and Singing in the DesertShani Mootoo, "India-Trinidad-CanadaLemon ScentMarguerite Yourcenar, "BelgiumSappho or SuicideEmma Donoghue, "IrelandLooking for PetronillaSylvia Molloy, "Argentina"from Certificate of AbsenceDaleGunthorp, "South AfricaGypsophilaKaren Williams, "South AfricaThe Came at DawnCynthia Price, "South AfricaLesbian BedroomsAlifa Rifaat, "EgyptMy World of the UnknownYasmin V. Tambiah, "Sri LankaThe Civil War, Sandalwood, Transl(iter)ation I, "and Transl(iter)ation II (for Aruna and Giti) Dionne Brand, "TrinidadMadame Alaird's BreastsViolette Leduc, "France"from L'AphyxieAnchee Min, "China"fromRed AzaleaGerd Brantenberg, "Norway"from Four WindsEsther Tusquets, "Spain"from The Same Sea as Every SummerKaren-Susan Fessel, "GermanyLost FacesMar$#237; a Eugenia Alegria Nunez, "CubaThe Girl Typist Who Worked for a Provincial Ministry of CultureNgahuia Te Awekatuku, "Aotearoa/New ZealandParetipua, Old Man Tuna, "andWatching the Big GirlsDacia Maraini, "Italy"fromLetters to MarinaRosamaria Roffiel, "MexicoForever Lasts Only a Full MoonAnna Blaman, "Holland"from Lonely AdventureChrista Winsloe, "Germany"from The Child ManuelaAchy Obejas, "CubaWatersNicole Brossard, "Canada"fromMauve DesertGila Svirsky, "IsraelMeeting NataliaMaureen Duffy, "England"fromThe MicrocosmJeanne D'Arc Jutras, "Canada"from GeorgieSuzana Tratnik, "SloveniaUnder the Ironwood TreesElena Georgiou, "CyprusAphrodite's VisionEtel Adnan, "Lebanon"from In the Heart of the Heart of Another CountryGina Schein, "AustraliaMinnie Gets MarriedBiographical Note:Naomi Holoch is co-editor, with Jon Nestle, of the Women on Women series of anthologies of American lesbian short fiction and the author of short stories and a novel, Offseason. She teaches French language and literature, lesbian and gay fiction, and fiction writing at SUNY-Purchase. Joan Nestle, author of the award-winning A Restricted Country and A Fragile Union and editor of The Persistent Desire: A Femme-Butch Reader, is also co-founder of the New York-based Lesbian Herstory Archives. Along with Naomi Holoch, she has edited three volumes of Women on Women anthologies. She also had the honor of working with John Preston on Sister and Brother: Lesbians and Gay Men Talk about Their Lives Together. In 1996 she was awarded the Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement in Lesbian and Gay Literature by the Publishing Triangle. For close to thirty years, she taught writing in the SEEK Program at Queens College, CUNY. Marc Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-342). Table of Contents: Mary Dorcey, "Ireland""from" A Noise from the Woodshed Makeda Sivera, "Jamaica"Caribbean Chameleon Mireille Best, "France"Stephanie's Book Christina Peri Rossi, "Uruguay"Final Judgement "and" Singing in the Desert Shani Mootoo, "India-Trinidad-Canada"Lemon Scent Marguerite Yourcenar, "Belgium"Sappho or Suicide Emma Donoghue, "Ireland"Looking for Petronilla Sylvia Molloy, "Argentinafrom" Certificate of Absence Dale Gunthorp, "South Africa"Gypsophila Karen Williams, "South Africa"The Came at Dawn Cynthia Price, "South Africa"Lesbian Bedrooms Alifa Rifaat, "Egypt"My World of the Unknown Yasmin V. Tambiah, "Sri Lanka"The Civil War, Sandalwood, Transl(iter)ation I, "and"Transl(iter)ation II (for Aruna and Giti) Dionne Brand, "Trinidad"Madame Alaird's Breasts Violette Leduc, "Francefrom" L'Aphyxie Anchee Min, "Chinafrom" Red Azalea Gerd Brantenberg, "Norwayfrom" Four Winds Esther Tusquets, "Spainfrom" The Same Sea as Every Summer Karen-Susan Fessel, "Germany"Lost Faces Maria Eugenia Alegria Nunez, "Cuba"The Girl Typist Who Worked for a Provincial Ministry of Culture Ngahuia Te Awekatuku, "Aotearoa/New Zealand"Paretipua, Old Man Tuna, "and"Watching the Big Girls Dacia Maraini, "Italyfrom "Letters to Marina Rosamaria Roffiel, "Mexico"Forever Lasts Only a Full Moon Anna Blaman, "Hollandfrom" Lonely Adventure Christa Winsloe, "Germanyfrom" The Child Manuela Achy Obejas, "Cuba"Waters Nicole Brossard, "Canadafrom "Mauve Desert Gila Svirsky, "Israel"Meeting Natalia Maureen Duffy, "Englandfrom" The Microcosm Jeanne D'Arc Jutras, "Canadafrom" Georgie Suzana Tratnik, "Slovenia"Under the Ironwood Trees Elena Georgiou, "Cyprus"Aphrodite's Vision Etel Adnan, "Lebanonfrom" In the Heart of the Heart of Another Country Gina Schein, "Australia"Minnie Gets Married "BibliographySuggested Additional ReadingAcknowledgementsPermissions Acknowledgements"Publisher Marketing: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 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. This 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. Table of Contents: Mary Dorcey, "Ireland""from" A Noise from the WoodshedMakeda Sivera, "Jamaica"Caribbean ChameleonMireille Best, "France"Stephanie's BookChristina Peri Rossi, "Uruguay"Final Judgement "and" Singing in the DesertShani Mootoo, "India-Trinidad-Canada"Lemon ScentMarguerite Yourcenar, "Belgium"Sappho or SuicideEmma Donoghue, "Ireland"Looking for PetronillaSylvia Molloy, "Argentinafrom" Certificate of AbsenceDale Gunthorp, "South Africa"GypsophilaKaren Williams, "South Africa"The Came at DawnCynthia Price, "South Africa"Lesbian BedroomsAlifa Rifaat, "Egypt"My World of the UnknownYasmin V. Tambiah, "Sri Lanka"The Civil War, Sandalwood, Transl(iter)ation I, "and" Transl(iter)ation II (for Aruna and Giti) Dionne Brand, "Trinidad"Madame Alaird's BreastsViolette Leduc, "Francefrom" L'AphyxieAnchee Min, "Chinafrom"Red AzaleaGerd Brantenberg, "Norwayfrom" Four WindsEsther Tusquets, "Spainfrom" The Same Sea as Every SummerKaren-Susan Fessel, "Germany"Lost FacesMar$#237;a Eugenia Alegria Nunez, "Cuba"The Girl Typist Who Worked for a Provincial Ministry of CultureNgahuia Te Awekatuku, "Aotearoa/New Zealand"Paretipua, Old Man Tuna, "and"Watching the Big GirlsDacia Maraini, "Italyfrom"Letters to MarinaRosamaria Roffiel, "Mexico"Forever Lasts Only a Full MoonAnna Blaman, "Hollandfrom" Lonely AdventureChrista Winsloe, "Germanyfrom" The Child ManuelaAchy Obejas, "Cuba"WatersNicole Brossard, "Canadafrom"Mauve DesertGila Svirsky, "Israel"Meeting NataliaMaureen Duffy, "Englandfrom"The MicrocosmJeanne D'Arc Jutras, "Canadafrom" GeorgieSuzana Tratnik, "Slovenia"Under the Ironwood TreesElena Georgiou, "Cyprus"Aphrodite's VisionEtel Adnan, "Lebanonfrom" In the Heart of the Heart of Another CountryGina Schein, "Australia"Minnie Gets MarriedReview Citations:
Ingram Advance06/01/1999 pg. 82 (EAN9780679759522, Paperback)
Publishers Weekly05/31/1999 pg. 65 (EAN9780679759522, Paperback)
Library Journal06/15/1999 pg. 111 (EAN9780679759522, Paperback)
Booklist06/15/1999 pg. 1786 (EAN9780679759522, Paperback)
Contributor Bio: Holoch, NaomiNaomi Holoch is co-editor, with Jon Nestle, of the Women on Women series of anthologies of American lesbian short fiction and the author of short stories and a novel, Offseason. She teaches French language and literature, lesbian and gay fiction, and fiction writing at SUNY-Purchase. Joan Nestle, author of the award-winning A Restricted Country and A Fragile Union and editor of The Persistent Desire: A Femme-Butch Reader, is also co-founder of the New York-based Lesbian Herstory Archives. Along with Naomi Holoch, she has edited three volumes of Women on Women anthologies. She also had the honor of working with John Preston on Sister and Brother: Lesbians and Gay Men Talk about Their Lives Together. In 1996 she was awarded the Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement in Lesbian and Gay Literature by the Publishing Triangle. For close to thirty years, she taught writing in the SEEK Program at Queens College, CUNY. Contributor Bio: Nestle, JoanJoan Nestle was born in the Bronx in 1940 and spent most of her life in New York City, where, in 1958, she entered public lesbian life in the bars of Greenwich Village. She taught writing in the SEEK Program at Queens College from 1965 to 1990. In 1974 she cofounded the Lesbian Herstory Archives which still thrives today in its Brooklyn home. Her own provinciality ended, she hopes, when she moved to Melbourne, Australia, in 2002 to be with her lover, Dianne Otto. At seventy-three Nestle is most grateful when she is forced to see with new eyes that which she thought she knew. She is the author of A Restricted Country (Cleis Press, 2003) and A Fragile Union (Cleis Press, 1998) and editor of seven other books exploring the lesbian body and imagination.
