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The Torturer's Wife
Glave Thomas
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Description for The Torturer's Wife
Paperback. Profound portraits of the traumas of war, the ravages of homophobia, and the triumph of desire. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 348.
Nominated for the 2010 Stonewall Book Award, the oldest book award given for outstanding achievement in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Literature A woman is haunted by the atrocities committed by her husband, and makes a heart-wrenching decision about atonement; secret fears and unspoken desires reveal the profound ambivalence at the heart of an interracial couple's relationship; a Jamaican man mourns his friend's death at the hands of anti-gay vigilantes; and two extraordinary young men escape the horrors of slavery when they leave their bodies behind on the Middle Passage. Known for his courageous explorations into the heavily ... Read more
Nominated for the 2010 Stonewall Book Award, the oldest book award given for outstanding achievement in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Literature A woman is haunted by the atrocities committed by her husband, and makes a heart-wrenching decision about atonement; secret fears and unspoken desires reveal the profound ambivalence at the heart of an interracial couple's relationship; a Jamaican man mourns his friend's death at the hands of anti-gay vigilantes; and two extraordinary young men escape the horrors of slavery when they leave their bodies behind on the Middle Passage. Known for his courageous explorations into the heavily ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
City Lights Publishers
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Monroe, OR, United States
ISBN
9780872864665
SKU
V9780872864665
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Glave Thomas
Thomas Glave was born in the Bronx and grew up there and in Kingston, Jamaica. His work has earned many honors, including an O. Henry Prize and a Fulbright fellowship to Jamaica. His fiction and essays have appeared in numerous literary journals and he is the editor of two anthologies of gay and lesbian writing.
Reviews for The Torturer's Wife
The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, The Village Voice