The Rose City: Stories
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ISBN: 0142000817 / Publisher: Penguin Books, April 2002
Offers a collection of seven stories about young men and boys either moving to or from Pasadena, California, and making their way in a chaotic world as they experience the tribulations of everyday life, identity, and sexuality. By the author of The Danish Girl. Reprint.
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A Lambda Literary Award FinalistWinner of The Ferro-Grumley Award for Gay FictionAward-winning short stories from the author of The Danish Girl and Pasadena“Passion for us all will remain a troublesome thing.”The Rose City combines a collection of unforgettable characters with Ebershoff’s trademark emotional insight and intelligent prose in seven stories about young men and boys as they discover and rediscover themselves in a world that never really works out as planned. Often tragic but lacking in despair, The Rose City delves into the tribulations of youth, identity, sexuality – and longing for something just out of reach. Written with compassion and truth, these stories present characters who live at the margins of the world at the moment they take their first steps toward acceptance and love.
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