- Gebundene Ausgabe: 310 Seiten
- Verlag: W W Norton & Co; Auflage: New edition (Juni 2004)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0393059235
- ISBN-13: 978-0393059236
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 21,1 x 14,7 x 2,8 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 3.3 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (3 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 499.551 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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This final book from esteemed crime writer Highsmith, who died in 1995, is more a complement to her pseudonymous lesbian novel Price of Salt than to her better known Ripley thrillers. The action centers on Jakob's, a pub in Zurich known as "Small g" for its "partially gay" clientele. A colorful clash of characters meet and mingle at Small g, including Rickie, a self-consciously aging gay man; Luisa, a young seamstress with a troubled past; Renate, Luisa's controlling and viciously homophobic employer and landlady; and Renate's neohenchman, Willi, a sinister and brooding halfwit. Following the stabbing death of Petey, Rickie's young lover, Rickie befriends Luisa, who had once been his rival for Petey's affections. They similarly both fall for and lust after the fetching Teddie, whose arrival at Small g triggers an escalating series of disastrous events. While Highsmith's last book--only now published in the U.S.-- does not live up to its potential as a suspense thriller, it does offer an intriguing exploration of gay culture and the complexities of love, jealousy, possessiveness, and friendship. Misha Stone
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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Six months after his gay partner is brutally murdered, Rickie mourns at a local bar alongside his dancing dog, a possessive seamstress, and her beautiful apprentice, and when the seamstress conspires to thwart the others' infatuation with a newcomer, Rickie and the apprentice retaliate.
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Small g is an introduction into socializing with gay people for those who are not gay. The title refers to a guidebook designation for Jakob's, a bar in Zurich, which stands for having a mixed crowd of gay, straight and bisexual customers. For contrast, the book describes those who are homophobic as being either physically or mentally deformed. The lampooning of the homophobic is a little overdone or this could have been a landmark novel for its subject.
As it is, I found the book to be a refreshing description of the creative life filled with concern and caring for others. Creative life is solitary, so the characters alternate their solitary work with moments of conviviality at Jakob's, which is the center of the action in the story. The book is also filled with humor which reminded me of Shakespeare's use of this device, often relating to the dog Lulu who plays the clown and helps others do so too throughout the book.
Several of the characters are especially appealing, none more so than Rickie Markwalder, a gay man who is still grieving for the loss of his young lover, Petey Ritter. Rickie shares that grief with the beautiful Luisa Zimmerman who also loved Petey. Luisa is an apprentice to the seamstress Renate Hagnauer who is as homophobic a character as you can imagine for a woman. Renate is more controlling than most mothers are of the young Luisa, and that circumstance provides the conflict in the novel. Luisa, on the other hand, wants to find love and life away from Renate, but is dependent on Renate to finish her apprenticeship and to provide a good reference for future jobs.
A sort of balance in these relationships has been reached until handsome young Teddie Stevenson arrives into their lives. Both Rickie and Luisa fall in love with him, and their relationships with one another begin to evolve in new, unstable directions.
The book is filled with fine ironies that will appeal those who enjoy reading about psychological portraits. Renate wants love and appreciation, but by being so demanding she gets only a grudging compliance. Rickie is ready to help anyone, and receives love and appreciation from unexpected sources. Plans that are made way in advance have unintended consequences that change each character's life.
I found the book to be a little slow to develop. With faster pacing, it would have sustained my interest better.
May you be open to others, always!
As it is, I found the book to be a refreshing description of the creative life filled with concern and caring for others. Creative life is solitary, so the characters alternate their solitary work with moments of conviviality at Jakob's, which is the center of the action in the story. The book is also filled with humor which reminded me of Shakespeare's use of this device, often relating to the dog Lulu who plays the clown and helps others do so too throughout the book.
Several of the characters are especially appealing, none more so than Rickie Markwalder, a gay man who is still grieving for the loss of his young lover, Petey Ritter. Rickie shares that grief with the beautiful Luisa Zimmerman who also loved Petey. Luisa is an apprentice to the seamstress Renate Hagnauer who is as homophobic a character as you can imagine for a woman. Renate is more controlling than most mothers are of the young Luisa, and that circumstance provides the conflict in the novel. Luisa, on the other hand, wants to find love and life away from Renate, but is dependent on Renate to finish her apprenticeship and to provide a good reference for future jobs.
A sort of balance in these relationships has been reached until handsome young Teddie Stevenson arrives into their lives. Both Rickie and Luisa fall in love with him, and their relationships with one another begin to evolve in new, unstable directions.
The book is filled with fine ironies that will appeal those who enjoy reading about psychological portraits. Renate wants love and appreciation, but by being so demanding she gets only a grudging compliance. Rickie is ready to help anyone, and receives love and appreciation from unexpected sources. Plans that are made way in advance have unintended consequences that change each character's life.
I found the book to be a little slow to develop. With faster pacing, it would have sustained my interest better.
May you be open to others, always!
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...so richtig begeistert war ich von diesem Buch nicht. Und meine Kritik ist der von Publishers Weekly sehr ähnlich: Oberflächlichkeit - besonders der Charaktere. Im krassen Gegensatz dazu steht die fast akribische Schilderung von Zürichs Stadtteil Aussersihl - oder zumindest von den Teilen, die in die Handlung eingehen - und eine ziemlich ermüdende spezifische Beschreibung aller Kleidungsstücke, die die Menschen in der Geschichte am Leib tragen.
Meistens gefällt mir die Sprache von Highsmith in diesem Buch, aber gefesselt hat mich dies Buch wahrlich nicht - einzig die letzten 50 Seiten waren auf ihre Weise „spannend".
2 Sterne nur, denn unterhaltsam ist es schon, dies Buch. Aber leider nicht so recht ausgegoren. Dann lieber „Carol" bzw. „The Price of Salt" von Patricia Highsmith. Das hatte mich in seinem Bann von Seite 1 bis 257!
Meistens gefällt mir die Sprache von Highsmith in diesem Buch, aber gefesselt hat mich dies Buch wahrlich nicht - einzig die letzten 50 Seiten waren auf ihre Weise „spannend".
2 Sterne nur, denn unterhaltsam ist es schon, dies Buch. Aber leider nicht so recht ausgegoren. Dann lieber „Carol" bzw. „The Price of Salt" von Patricia Highsmith. Das hatte mich in seinem Bann von Seite 1 bis 257!
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Sind Sie auch Patricia Highsmith-Fan? Mein Lieblingsbuch von P. H. ist dieses "Small g: a Summer Idyll". Ihr letztes Buch, posthum veröffentlicht. Es spielt in Zürich im schwulen und nicht so schwulen Milieu. Ihr Bestes.
Wie sie wohl zu dem Titel gekommen ist? So ganz wird es im Buch nicht erklärt. Ist aber auch nicht so wichtig. Die Sommeridylle ist gekonnt inszeniert und sie entrückt uns in eine friedvolle Zeit, scheinbar ohne Gefahren und ohne Hektik. Es ist nur fünf Jahre her. Aber das war im vergangenen Jahrtausend. ...
Überhaupt wurde P. H. immer besser und witziger, je älter sie wurde.
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