An edition of The desert of the heart (1964)

Deserts Du Ceur

Roman (Polychrome)

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An edition of The desert of the heart (1964)

Deserts Du Ceur

Roman (Polychrome)

  • 3.5 (2 ratings) ·
  • 73 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 6 Have read

Possibly Jane Rule's best known novel, The Desert of the Heart is the story of a free spirited woman falling for a repressed older woman. Evelyn Hall is taking respite at a ranch for women as she seeks a divorce after years of marriage. Written in 1964, it serves as a fascinating snapshot into the lives and regulations of women seeking their freedom.

Dr. Hall stays at a Nevada ranch where she meets, and falls for, Ann Child ("Evelyn looked at Ann, the child she had always wanted, the friend she once had, the lover she never considered..."). Evelyn Hall has a hard time fitting in, and Jane Rule cleverly captures the feeling of a fish out of water time after time. "Whenever there were generalizations about women, Evelyn weighed herself against them and found herself insubstantial," writes Rule, capturing the alienation Evelyn has even from her own gender.

Rule walk many thin lines in the book, whether it's about ownership, freedom, convention or eroticism. "Ann turned, the longing of her body straining against the last reluctance of her mind, and she felt Evelyn's tentative, almost causal beginning gradually give way to an authority of love." Remember that this was written in 1964.

Desert of the Heart stands as a tour de force in lesbian culture, still as warm and richly engaging today as it was when it was first written.

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Editions Trois
Language
English

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Cover of: Desert of the Heart
Desert of the Heart
2001, Insightout Books
Paperback
Cover of: Deserts Du Ceur
Deserts Du Ceur: Roman (Polychrome)
June 1995, Editions Trois
Paperback in English
Cover of: Desert of the Heart
Desert of the Heart
October 1985, Naiad Press
Paperback in English
Cover of: Desert of the Heart (Volute Book)
Desert of the Heart (Volute Book)
February 1983, Naiad Press
Paperback in English - Reissue edition

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Paperback
Dimensions
9.2 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches
Weight
1 pounds

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OL12656998M
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ISBN 10
2920887467
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9782920887466

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