An edition of The Gallery (1947)

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An edition of The Gallery (1947)

The Gallery

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John Horne Burns brought The Gallery back from World War II, and on publication in 1947 it became a critically-acclaimed bestseller. However, Burns's early death at the age of 36 led to the subsequent neglect of this searching book, which captures the shock the war dealt to the preconceptions and ideals of the victorious Americans.

Set in occupied Naples in 1944, The Gallery takes its name from the Galleria Umberto, a bombed-out arcade where everybody in town comes together in pursuit of food, drink, sex, money, and oblivion. A daring and enduring novel—one of the first to look directly at gay life in the military—The Gallery poignantly conveys the mixed feelings of the men and women who fought the war that made America a superpower.

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Harper & brothers
Language
English
Pages
342

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Subjects

Gay men, Fiction, Americans, World War, 1939-1945, Soldiers, History, Sexuality, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, gay, Fiction, war & military, Italy, fiction, World war, 1939-1945, fiction, World War, 1939-1945 -- Italy -- Naples -- Fiction, Americans -- Italy -- Fiction, Soldiers -- Fiction, Gay men -- Fiction, Italy -- History -- Allied occupation, 1943-1947 -- Fiction, Naples (Italy) -- Fiction, LGBTQ novels before Stonewall

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Italy, Naples, Naples (Italy)

Times

Allied occupation, 1943-1947

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Cover of: The gallery
The gallery
1985, Arbor House
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Cover of: The Gallery
The Gallery
1947, Harper & brothers
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Edition Notes

"First edition."

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New York and London
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Library of Congress
PS3503.U6385 G3 1947, PZ3.B93702 Gal

The Physical Object

Pagination
vii p., 1 l., 342 p.
Number of pages
342

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL6512397M
Internet Archive
galleryburn00burn
LCCN
47004090
OCLC/WorldCat
280627
Library Thing
323064

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First Sentence

""HE LIMPED HURRIEDLY ALONG VIA ROMA, BUMPING INTO THE swarms coming the other way.""

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