Significant Others (Tales of the City)
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基本信息·出版社：Transworld Publishers Ltd
·页码：320 页
·出版日期：1988年
·ISBN：055299880X
·条形码：9780552998802
·包装版本：1988-12-31
·装帧：平装
·开本：20开
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内容简介Book Description
"Significant Others" is the fifth self-contained chronicle in the "Tales of the City" saga. It is a cunningly observed class comedy which will appeal to established fans of the series and new readers alike. A holiday in the redwoods goes uproariously awry when the opposing sexes camp out rather too close to each other for comfort. Among those entangled in the mayhem are DeDe Halcyon, reformed debutante; troubled house-husband Brian Hawkins; and the irrepressible Michael 'Mouse' Tolliver - arguably Maupin's most beloved character.
FromPublishers Weekly
Readers familiar with Maupin's Tales of the City series will greet this latest installment like a welcome visit from old friends. Once again, the action focuses on the misadventures of a cross-section of San Franciscans, who this time take to the country for a late summer weekend in three separate gender-segregated retreats: a gay resort, a lesbian music festival and the infamous encampment of privilege at Bohemian Grove. While the trio of settings couldn't be farther apart in spiritat least on the surfacethey all are within shouting distance of each other on the banks of the Russian River, and the three worlds, inevitably, collide. With its blend of satire, slapstick and melodrama, the novel, which originated as a newspaper serial, is as light as a souffle, although the very real threat of AIDSwhich has claimed one character's gay lover and seems to be closing in on another character, a philandering husband who panics after a brush with illnessgives the story relevance and impact. Maupin writes with a warmth and humor that is sorely missed in some recent gay novels having more overtly literary aspirations; his tales may be sparkling entertainments, but they are lit with a glowing humanity that brings each character to vivid, poignant life.
FromAudioFile
Maupin's novels read like extended sitcomsD"Friends" transposed to San Francisco's homosexual subculture. In this one, a politically correct lesbian music festival comes into conflict with a nearby all-male retreat. Maupin's narrating skills do not rise up to his writing, though he is never so maladroit as to get in its way. Y.R.
About Author
Armistead Maupin was born in Washington, D.C. in 1944 but was brought up in Raleigh, North Carolina. A graduate of the University of North Carolina, he served as a naval officer in Vietnam before moving to California in 1971 as a reporter for the Associated Press. In 1976 he launched his daily newspaper serial, Tales of the City, in the San Francisco Chronicle. The first fiction to appear in an American daily for decades, Tales grew into an international sensation when compiled and rewritten as novels. Maupin's six-volume Tales of the City sequence - Tales of the City, More Tales of the City, Further Tales of the City, Babycakes, Significant Others, and Sure of You - are now multi-million bestsellers published in eleven languages. The first two of these novels were adapted as a pair of widely acclaimed television mini-series: the third, Further Tales of the City, is currently in production. Maupin's 1992 novel, Maybe the Moon, chronicling the adventures of the world's shortest woman, was a number one bestseller. His latest novel is The Night Listener. He lives in San Francisco, California.