Fritz Peters
1) Finistère
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"The 1920s. When wealthy American adolescent Matthew Cameron moves to France following his parents' divorce, he struggles to assimilate to his new surroundings. But when a new tennis instructor - Michel Garnier - arrives at Matthew's boarding school, a forbidden relationship develops that will have unforeseen consequences. Originally published in 1951, Finistère is a trailblazing LGBTQ+ novel. It locates tragedy not in the same-sex nature of the...
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David Mitchell is a World War II veteran undergoing treatment for a psychotic break at a VA hospital. He improves gradually after a range of treatments, some of which helped and some of which impeded his recovery. Significant for the times, his doctors do not treat him for homosexuality, which was documented in his military record.
3) The descent
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Set in the 1950s, the fates of seven travelers converge at a hairpin turn on a highway in New Mexico.
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Hirsch Giovanni Publishing
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"When Peters' mother suffered a nervous breakdown in the early 1920s, young Fritz was adopted by his aunt, Margaret Anderson, and her partner, Jane Heap. They were editors of The Little Review, the literary magazine that launched the writings of James Joyce, e. e. cummings, Hemingway, and other avant-garde greats. They moved to France where they raised Fritz among Gertrude Stein's salon. Anderson and Heap introduced Peters to many influential figures,...
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Hirsch Giovanni Publishing
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2021.
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"The follow-up to Peters' beloved memoir, Boyhood with Gurdjieff. Peters emerges from military service at the end of World War II - shellshocked, lonely, and displaced - to reconnect with his father figure and spiritual mentor in Paris. Their interaction in the last months of Gurdjieff's life and the earnest start of Peters' maturity proves to be no less impactful than their earlier time together at the Institute for the Harmonious Development of...
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