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So M M E R 2 sommer 2015 Buchhandlung und Buchversand - A 1090 Wien, Berggasse 8 Tel 01 - 317 29 82, eMail [email protected] Geöffnet Mo-Do 10-19, Fr 10-20, Sa 10-18, www.loewenherz.at 1 neu im sommer Jan Stressenreuter: gen aus New York. In diesem fiktiven Roman Haus voller Wolken. inszeniert Edmund White D 2015, 360 S., Broschur, € 17.37 eine faszinierende homo- Es beginnt mit Kleinig- sexuelle Unterwelt des keiten: Karsten verlegt prüde-puritanischen seinen Schlüsselbund, er Amerika. White lässt vergisst einen geschäftli- zudem Henry James, chen Termin, manchmal Joseph Conrad und fallen ihm Worte nicht andere Persönlichkeiten mehr ein. Als sein Arzt der Geschichte an Cranes Alzheimer diagnostiziert, Krankenbett erscheinen, bricht für ihn und seinen als sich Cranes Gesund- Freund Roman eine Welt heit zunehmend zusammen. Gemeinsam verschlechtert. Ihre Porträts sind kleine Meister- versuchen sie, der Krank- werke, in die der Autor sowohl Liebe als auch heit die Stirn zu bieten, schöpfen Hoffnung und einiges an Bosheit verpackt hat. stecken Niederlagen ein, weichen Stück für Stück zurück. Bis Roman erkennt, dass er eine Olav Meyer-Sievers: Diffuses Licht. Entscheidung treffen muss. Noch einmal trom- D 2015, 280 S., Broschur, € 18.50 melt er Freunde und Familie zusammen, noch Nach der Scheidung der einmal feiern Karsten und er ein rauschendes Eltern lebt Tom mit seiner Fest, an einem Wochenende voller Lachen Mutter wie in einer Wohn- und Tränen. Mit »Haus voller Wolken« beweist gemeinschaft zusam- Stressenreuter erneut, warum er zu den wich- men. Und zusammen mit tigsten zeitgenössischen schwulen Autoren im seinem Freund Till hat deutschsprachigen Raum gehört. Mit berüh- er auch die Hürde des renden Bildern, einer einfühlsamen, schnörkel- Coming-outs locker über- losen Sprache und leisem Humor wagt er sich wunden. Die Frischver- an ein Thema, dem in Zukunft immer mehr liebten fahren in den Beachtung geschenkt werden wird - auch von Urlaub, doch, als sie schwulen Männern. zurückkommen, ist etwas Furchtbares gesche- hen. Toms Mutter hat Selbstmord begangen. Edmund White: Hotel de Dream. Tom lernt, dass Nähe und Verlust zusammen Dt. v. Joachim Bartholomae. gehören. Und aus Angst vor weiteren Enttäu- D 2015, 190 S., Broschur, € 19.53 schungen zieht er sich in seine Kifferträume Im Zentrum des Romans steht der Autor Ste- zurück. Ein halbes Leben rauscht wie hinter phen Crane, eine Art »James Dean« der ameri- einer Glasscheibe an ihm vorüber, bis ihn eine kanischen Literatur Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts. neue Katastrophe aus der Apathie herausreißt. Der gefeierte Autor begibt sich außer Landes Flokatis, Jimi Hendrix und leichte Drogen - die in eine Klinik, um dort seine Tuberkulose im fetten 1970er und 1980er Jahre nehmen mit Endstadium zu kurieren. Sein kraftvoller Natu- dem charmanten Antihelden Tom noch einmal ralismus respektierte keine Tabus, weder in der Gestalt an. Literatur noch im Leben. Wohl wissend, dass es vermutlich seine letzte Chance sein wird, diktiert James Purdy: Die Preisgabe. er nun die Geschichte »Der gemalte Junge«, die Mit einem Essay von Jonathan Franzen. auf einer wirklichen Begegnung basiert. Es ist D 2015, 288 S., geb., € 23.63 die Geschichte von Elliott, einem Straßenjun- Chicago, Ende der 1930er Jahre. In der 3 Wohnung des gescheiterten Dichters Eustace von Leutnant Pradelle noch in den letzten Chisholm treffen Tagen des Ersten Weltkriegs ums Leben Außenseiter und Exzen- gekommen. Doch in letzter Sekunde bewahrt triker aufeinander. Der Édouard ihn vor dem Tod. Albert fühlt sich verschlossene Bergarbei- seinem Retter ter und der engelsgleiche verpflichtet und erfüllt Jüngling, die nympho- ihm seinen größten mane Malerin und der Wunsch: eine falsche lebenshungrige Millionär Identität. Denn Edouard - sie alle suchen in der ist schwul. Nie konnte Ruinenlandschaft der der Sohn aus dem geho- Weltwirtschaftskrise ver- benen Bankerhaushalt zweifelt nach der erfüllten, der erlösenden die an ihn gestellten Liebe. Als Purdys Klassiker Ende der 1960er Erwartungen erfüllen. Jahre erstmals erschien, sorgte das Buch für Pradelle durchschaut einen Skandal im New Yorker Literaturbetrieb. den Betrug und deckt Inzwischen zählt »Die Preisgabe« zu den moder- sie, um sein hinterhältiges Manöver zu ver- nen Klassikern der amerikanischen Literatur. tuschen. So werden die verfeindeten Männer Nicht nur die Hauptfiguren seiner Romane sind zu Komplizen. Während Pradelle in den Nach- gerne Außenseiter - er selbst war als der große kriegsjahren das große Geld mit der Umbet- Außenseiter der US-amerikanischen Literatur. tung von Toten macht, entwickeln Albert und Édouard ein illegales Geschäft mit Giuliano Musio: Scheinwerfen. Kriegsdevotionalien. Ö 2015, 401 S., geb., € 25.90 Julius, studierter Psy- Lutz van Dijk: »Endlich den Mut«. chologe und Spätzünder, D 2015, 192 S., Broschur, € 15.32 versucht mit trauriger Stefan ist 17 Jahre, als Verzweiflung den Ansprü- er 1942 wegen eines chen des Geschäfts Liebesbriefes an einen gerecht zu werden und jungen deutschen Sol- hinter das Geheimnis zu daten im besetzten kommen, das seine Polen zu fünf Jahren Freundin Sonja in letzter Zuchthaus verurteilt Zeit immer stärker zu wird. Den Zweiten Welt- belasten scheint. Sonja krieg, die Jahre der ist gleichzeitig seine Cou- Folter, Gefangenschaft sine und arbeitet in seiner Praxis, genauso wie und Erniedrigung bis sein Bruder Toni, der mit seiner Homosexua- Mai 1945 überlebt der lität hadert und sich auf eine problematische junge Pole nur knapp. Mit 65 Jahren bege- Vereinbarung mit dem Sohn eines Kunden ein- gnet er dem 30 Jahre jüngeren Deutsch- lässt. Nur der plötzlich auftauchende Halbbru- Niederländer Lutz van Dijk und verfasst mit der Res ist grundsätzlich mehr als zufrieden ihm zusammen das Jugendbuch »Verdammt mit sich und der Welt, was aber vor allem an starke Liebe« (1991), bis heute das einzige einem geistigen Manko und einer daraus resul- Jugendbuch zur Verfolgung Homosexueller in tierenden, ganz eigenen Wirklichkeit liegt. Die der NS-Zeit weltweit und seitdem in zahlrei- Geschehnisse um sie alle haben mehr mitein- che Sprachen übersetzt. Gut zwölf Jahre kor- ander zu tun, als sich die Brüder zunächst vor- respondieren beide bis kurz vor Stefans Tod stellen können. 2003. Seine erst nun veröffentlichten Briefe dokumentieren die spannende Bewusstwer- Pierre Lemaitre: dung eines ehemals verfolgten schwulen Wir sehen uns dort oben. Mannes, sein beinah rauschhaftes Coming- Dt. v. Antje Peter. out auf seiner ersten Lesereise in die USA bis D 2014, 522 S., geb., € 23.59 hin zu den erneut aufkommenden tiefen Äng- Beinahe wäre Albert wegen der Machtgier sten zum Ende seines Lebens. 4 Lutz van Dijk: Verdammt starke Liebe. teilen und nicht in einen Streit zwischen magi- D 2015 (Neuauflage), 160 S., Pb, € 10.18 schen Wesen und Menschen gezogen werden. Stefan ist vierzehn, als Ein Vampirclan an der Backe plus seine ver- sich mit dem Überfall rückte Familie, das reicht völlig, wie er findet. Deutschlands auf Polen im Sommer 1939 sein Josef Winkler: Leben über Nacht Abschied von Vater und Mutter. ändert. Er, der immer D 2015, 250 S., Pb, € 10.28 ein guter Schüler war, Als Winkler sich 2004 in darf nun nicht mehr die Tokio aufhält, ereilt ihn Schule besuchen, sein die Nachricht vom Tod Vater wird als Zwangsar- seines fast hundertjäh- beiter nach Deutschland rigen Vaters. Noch ein deportiert. Bald geht es Jahr zuvor hatte der Alte für ihn und seine Familie nur noch ums Über- ihn beschworen, seinem leben. Zwei Jahre später lernt er Willi kennen, Begräbnis fernzubleiben, einen jungen deutschen Soldaten. Für beide weil der Sohn nicht müde ist es Liebe auf den ersten Blick doch Liebe geworden war, den seli- zwischen Männern verfolgen die Nazis streng. gen Frieden seines Kärnt- Trotz der ungeheuren Gefahr, die eine Bezie- ner Heimatdorfes mit hung für sie beide bedeutet, gehen sie das seiner Schreibhand zu durchkreuzen. Danach Wagnis ein. Nach einigen Monaten des heimli- erscheint die Erinnerungsgeschichte »Roppongi chen Glücks wird Willi an die Ostfront versetzt. - Requiem für einen Vater«, die den Leser an Stefan ist verzweifelt. Als er über Wochen keine Schauplätze in Japan, Kärnten und Indien führt. Nachricht von Willi erhält, schreibt er ihm einen Das Requiem für Josef Winklers im Jahre 2011 verhängnisvollen Brief. Wenig später wird er verstorbene Mutter »Mutter und der Bleistift«, in verhaftet, gefoltert und zu fünf Jahren Haft ver- dem die Mutter ihren am Küchentisch kritzeln- urteilt. Wird er überleben? Und was ist aus Willi den linkshändigen Sohn immer wieder auffor- geworden? dert, den Bleistift in die rechte Hand zu nehmen, entsteht in Südfrankreich, Indien und Kiew. Nach Hagen Ulrich: Jagd der Vampire. dem Tod von Vater und Mutter ist der Linkshän- Teil 3 der schwulen Vampirsaga. der, der mit der rechten Hand schreiben gelernt D 2015, 460 S., Broschur, € 18.40 hat, seine Heimat losgeworden. Im dritten Teil der Saga über die schwulen Blut- Henry James: Das Tagebuch eines sauger haben sich die Mannes von fünfzig Jahren. Vampire in Bonn und Dt. v. Friedhelm Rathjen. Umgebung häuslich ein- D 2015, 402 S., geb., € 27.80 gerichtet. Eine längst Henry James inspirierte vergessene Magie ent- eine ganze Reihe ame- faltet ihre Wirkung. Das rikanischer Schriftsteller mächtige Oberhaupt des zu einem Leben in Buchari-Clans erkennt, Europa, vor allem in wie die Familie durch Paris. Freilich schrieb er äußere Bedrohungen in Gefahr geraten ist. über sein eigenes schwu- Die Buchari-Vampire rüsten zum Krieg. Zusam- les Begehren und Leben men mit dem bigotten Stadtrat Peter Harrach, immer nur in einer kunst- Bischof Ottaviani und dessen Fanatikern setzt voll verschlüsselten Spra- Ioan seine Intrigen fort, um an das Erbe Cos- che, und so sind seine mins zu kommen. Bei der Bundestagswahl Erzählungen Geschich- zieht Peter Harrach in das Parlament ein. Der ten über Selbsttäuschung und versäumte Liebe, zickige Gothic-Fan Sebastian wird das Ziel ver- geheimnisvolle Entsprechungen und Reisen gessener Magie. Doch der Junge weigert sich. zwischen Alter und Neuer Welt. Die sechs Er will sein Leben mit dem Vampir Cosmin Erzählungen dieses Bandes präsentieren Henry 5 James als begnadeten Ironiker, eleganten Sti- zwar Adam, doch solange listen und scharfen Analytiker.
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