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  <default_description>[author:David Leavitt]'s extraordinary first novel, now reissued in paperback, is a seminal work about family, sexual identity, home, and loss.  Set in the 1980s against the backdrop of a swiftly gentrifying Manhattan, &lt;i&gt;The Lost Language of Cranes&lt;/i&gt; tells the story of twenty-five-year-old Philip, who realizes he must come out to his parents after falling in love for the first time with a man. Philip's parents are facing their own crisis: pressure from developers and the loss of their longtime home. But the real threat to this family is Philip's father's own struggle with his latent homosexuality, realized only in his Sunday afternoon visits to gay porn theaters. Philip's admission to his parents and his father's hidden life provoke changes that forever alter the landscape of their worlds.</default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[What I admire about this novel is that Leavitt explores the significance in mundane details of the characters' lives. Grabbing a stranger's cock or fighting with a loved one is easy, but talking to those people takes immense courage. The characters find that opportunities come and go, and many aren'...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11930711">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't like The Page Turner, so I was wary of this, one of his better known works. Philip Benjamin, young and in his first major relationship, is steeling himself up to come out to his middle-aged parents, Owen and Ruth. They themselves are being rocked by some destablising news - they will have t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76456345">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have read five of the author's books. While they are all excellent, this is the best one in my opinion. This is a story about getting honest. While it is never easy to come out, the main character has an easier job than that of his father. Years of self-deception can create a delusional reality. W...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73004644">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a well-written and touching account of a young man coming of age and coming to know himself as gay, learning about himself and his parents as people rather than as the roles life cast them into. I have the feeling that if I had read it when it was published in 1986, it would have been more m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21897899">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[De verloren taal der kranen.<br/>Beklemmend boek vond ik het. Allemaal mensen die zo opgesloten zitten in zichzelf.De drie hoofdpersonen blikken regelmatig terug op hun leven, dat naar mijn idee wel erg armoedig (emotioneel dan)is verlopen. Communiceren is het probleem, daar verwijst de titel naar....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76675459">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Leavitt's first novel is a kind of twinned coming-out narrative. At its start, Philip is a mid-twentysomething editor of romance novels who hasn't come out to his folks yet. Rose, his mother, is a copy editor, who doesn't seem to take any interest in other people and is as a result pretty uninterest...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9152351">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I’ve heard about this book for years &amp; finally got around to reading it.  It’s strongly felt and strongly written, one of the earliest and most honest books about being a gay man in 20th century America.  It details with the issues of two men, one an older married man who gradually faces his des...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45562908">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book about 15 years ago, and I just re-read it to see if I still loved it. As you can see by my rating, I am downgrading it to &quot;like&quot;. The writing is beautiful, but I guess my heart has hardened since I was 21...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I can't stop thinking about this book, even though I read it over a year ago.  Awesome implementation of extended metaphor.  I think I need to re-read this book over Christmas.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've read this book a dozen times, there is something comforting about these NYC characters that I love. It makes me want to be a copyeditor in the city.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fine short stories from a noted gay author. The title story was also made into an interesting film of the same name.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was so realistic. No easy answers here! A beautifully told story.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I keep meaning to re-read older David Leavitt books and get caught up with his newer work. He is a great writer and has skillfully presented the viewpoint of gay male characters better than most. This is my favorite book from his early work. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this book. The subject matter is quite heavy, and it's a sad story about sad people, but the book is very pleasantly written which makes it a relaxed, enjoyable read. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a beautiful book.  Every character was flawed while simultaneously very earnest.  You felt like you wanted to console them all yet also at times, you wanted to throttle them.]]></body>
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