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Fidelities: A Book of Stories
Hardcover
General FictionGeneral GLBTQIA Fiction
Publisher Price: $37.95
ISBN13: 9781951092955
Publisher: Requeered Tales
Published: Jun 13 2023
Pages: 314
Weight: 0.94
Height: 0.75 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
The Los Angeles Times says Richard Hall's prose displays a rare polish, and his accounts of ordinary and exceptional lives unfold in graceful cadences. Fidelities is a stunning collection of stories that explores the varieties of gay experience - love stories, both passionate and compassionate; tales of suspense; narratives on the theme of AIDS; even a ghost story. Among the most adept and technically accomplished writers of his generation, Hall's third and last collection of short stories is an eloquent work of immense power.
The author of the novels The Butterscotch Prince and Family Fictions, Hall's short stories give a sense of having been distilled and polished over time till they glow with depth and wisdom. Diamonds Are Forever highlights a gay man and his married sister who are incapable of seeing the shared traits that make it so difficult for them to accept each other; the story's carefully paced wrangling over an heirloom is masterful. Avery Milbanke Day features a 70-year-old writer - his seven novels about the literature of hesitation long neglected - decides to stay with his old dying lover and nurse him through a final crisis instead of attending a public celebration of his novels and himself. In Country People the author presents a gentle, eerie metaphor for the search for a sense of history, reflecting on previous generations of gay men and lesbians.
Hall's final publication before his own death at age 66 from AIDS-related causes, this 30th year anniversary edition celebrates his art at its peak. This new edition includes a foreword by Alexander Inglis.
[A] rich, poignant collection ... The ruminations in Fidelities are remarkably palpable, utterly believable. Enlivened by precise flourishes of description, they touch directly on the reader's empathy button, and hold. - San Francisco Chronicle
Many of these stories are light in tone and charming in manner, but the relentless presence of AIDS and its consequences animates them ... Hall excels at depicting how to go on. - Washington Post Book World
Hall's stories evoke comparison with Henry James or Maupassant, Hemingway and Fitzgerald ... A luminous collection ... Hall has found in gay life stories to amuse, entertain, and move. - Lambda Book Report
Hall writes ... in a measured, often moving voice that explores the difficulties of grief and commitment. - Kirkus Reviews
Hall shows again and again his fidelity to the gay male community at large. These stories are the work of an acknowledged master at the top of his form. - Bay Area Reporter
Beautifully controlled ... arresting ... insightful ... pungent ... diverse ... [and] keenly observed. - Publishers Weekly
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