Reviews for The Gay Lord Quex

The average rating for The Gay Lord Quex based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-02-22 00:00:00 Therese Hagemann This is my first lgbt literature. What hit me was, the sheer beauty of the language and the narration skills of Talsman. This book is simply beautiful. Tragically beautiful, erotically beautiful, but beautiful none the less. This is a forgotten book. Like all great works, it is the only book written by the author. What is truly inspiring is that, it was rejected by most publishers. Even now, it is very difficult to acquire. Not being a homosexual myself, I always wondered, how a gay person feels or thinks. I have always been curious, still am, to understand the mind and the heart of a queer human. This book is the answer to my curiosity. The book has such pure gems in it, such wisdom, which touches you, no matter what your sexual preference may be. After all, emotions are common to all, the only thing that is subjective is, towards whom we feel which emotion. If you are an open minded reader, you will surely enjoy this one immensely. It makes you think and feel, the images it sketches linger on even after you close the book. The sheer erotism of the description by the author, left me gasping for breath. It is a pity, the author didn't get the support and recognition due to him, just because of the prejudices and the financial mindset of the publishers of that era. Wish Talsman had written more...

Review # 2 was written on 2018-02-11 00:00:00 Sam Dillard Il libro di Talsma racconta la storia di Thomas Schwartz, alter ego di Madame Titania, che si trasferisce nella New Orleans degli anni '50 alla ricerca dell'uomo perfetto, sintetizzato nella "Gaudy Image". Attraverso i bar, i club e le stradine secondarie della città, si segue la vita di svariati personaggi. Talvolta il romanzo sembra un po' confuso, a tratti non è semplice seguire la storia. Ma da subito, si ha uno spaccato molto articolato di come era la vita gay in quegli anni. Tanti personaggi che si chiamano usando aggettivi e pronomi femminili, un mondo dove le vere identità non contano, sostituito da soprannomi. In cui la polizia sembra tollerare. E in cui comunque il mondo Gay (e in parte lesbico) sembra organizzato in precise caste, ognuna col suo ruolo. Eppure, il desiderio di amare di molte delle figure del romanzo (Tit in testa), racconta già di un desiderio di normalità che tarderà ad arrivare.