Valencia (Live Girls)
Michelle Tea (born Michelle Tomasik)
A fast-moving coming-of-age novel that races through San Francisco's lesbian underground. Romance, friendship, and the heat of the city are all mixed together.
Work Information
An energetic coming-of-age story set in the radical nights of San Francisco.
A Lambda Literary Award-winning novel that uses San Francisco's queer community as a backdrop for a young woman's relationships and self-discovery, told with rough-edged energy.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Seal Press
- Published
- 2000-04-01
- Pages
- 216 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 13.34 x 1.27 x 20.96 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9781580050357
- ISBN-10
- 1580050352
- Price
- 6732 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Gay & Lesbian/Literature & Fiction/Fiction/Lesbian
The rough-and-tumble world of San Francisco's radical lesbian underground is laid bare in this action-packed novel, which follows a young gay woman down into the often dangerous world inhabited by the city's "dyke" community. Original.
Reviews
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Michelle Tea is one of my favorite authors. Her writing style is completely unconventional and her stories engaging and entertaining. I have very much enjoyed every one of her books and I recommend her work to anyone who needs a page turning book.
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The second copy I have bought, so I could share this author with a friend and still keep her for myself!! I LOVE MT's writing and bought all her books I could find after reading Black Wave.
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Reminds me a bit of my own misspent youth. Nothing like crushes on unavailable people, or getting into impossible relationships when you are young.
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Michelle Tea's self-indulgent, fast-paced, over-the-top memoirs of her time in the queer lesbian community in San Francisco is sure to stir the waters with its unashamed and unapologetic attitude. There are a great many little giggles, fine observations and good writing along the way, but not so much substance and I must admit that I was surprised to learn towards the end that she was 25 at the time of the book - her behaviour was probably more fitting for somebody in their late teens and I'm sure I would have read the book differently had I known beforehand. Don't expect anything deep or even particularly coherent, but if you want to be entertained by the quite funny ramblings of an imature "I want to try everything at least once - and get bored easily" punk, then this book will not let you down. 3.5 stars
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Not sure why I wanted to read a book about SF's lesbian community but glad I did. Excellent writer and interesting book. Bit too much man-hating at one point but I can ignore that. Enjoyable tale.