MARK MITCHELL

En 1997 David Leavitt y Mark Mitchell decidieron compÉfrse una vieja granja abandonada de los años cincuenta en una de las regiones más pobres y al mismo tiempo más hermosas del sur de la Toscana: Maremma. La restauracion de la casa sirve como pretexto a Leavitt y Mitchell para escribir un delicioso retrato del paisaje, la vida y las costumbres de este lugar de Italia. El relato alterna las bucolicas descripciones de la cosecha de la aceituna, la recogida del esparrago silvestre o la busqueda de muebles antiguos por la region, con las inevitables referencias a la corrupcion politica y a los problemas que les causa la burocracia italiana.Escrito desde la perspectiva de dos norteamericanos que intentan adaptarse al lento ritmo vital de este peculiar rincon de Europa, En Maremma es, sobre todo, un retrato de la Toscana desde dentro.

The diversity - and unity - of gay love and experience in the twentieth century is celebrated in this acclaimed anthology, which includes twenty-one stories from the original collection, published in 1994, together with fifteen new stories. The texts range from the tender unarticulated longings of D.H. Lawrence's A Poem of Friendship to the explicit sexual. Writers include both men and women, gay and straight, amongst them: John Updike, Edna O'Brien, E.M. Forster, Annie Proulx, William Trevor and Edmund White.

Leo is excited its his BIRTHDAY! His friends are invited, the party is planned, and all he needs to do is some shopping. But buying a few party treats can prove quite tricky when what comes out of your mouth isnt what you want it to be!Will Leo ever be able to get what he needs? Will the shopkeepers ever recover from meeting him?One things for certain the party will be a ROARING success!!!