false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170210977m/43705.jpg 43705 6 <P> Colm Tóibín knows the languages of the outsider, the secret keeper, the gay man or woman. He knows the covert and overt language of homosexuality in literature. In <I>Love in a Dark Time,</I> he also describes the solace of finding like-minded companions through reading. <P> Tóibín examines the life and work of some of the greatest and most influential writers of the past two centuries, figures whose homosexuality remained hidden or oblique for much of their lives, either by choice or necessity. The larger world couldn't know about their sexuality, but in their private lives, and in the spirit of their work, the laws of desire defined their expression. <P> This is an intimate encounter with Mann, Baldwin, Bishop, and with the contemporary poets Thom Gunn and Mark Doty. Through their work, Tóibín is able to come to terms with his own inner desires -- his interest in secret erotic energy, his admiration for courageous figures, and his abiding fascination with sadness and tragedy. Tóibín looks both at writers forced to disguise their true experience on the page and at readers who find solace and sexual identity by reading between the lines. 3549511 2002 Love in a Dark Time: And Other Explorations of Gay Lives and Literature total:34|5:5|4:17|3:10|2:2|1:0| 34 127 53 10 3 1 false false Mon Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 19:21:37 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 19:22:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 14:14:59 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 11:01:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 14:23:53 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 14:28:54 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Sep 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 12 18:26:14 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 18:26:14 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 25 05:52:20 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 25 05:54:42 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Sun Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Sun Apr 27 13:39:17 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 27 13:39:53 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Thu Oct 25 14:53:40 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 23 11:45:47 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 23 11:46:29 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Mar 21 06:16:23 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 21 06:17:33 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 22 12:44:11 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 12 10:29:38 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Wed Oct 29 01:08:39 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 01:09:13 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Fri Nov 20 02:47:06 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 02:47:06 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 02 06:18:02 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 06:18:02 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 31 08:11:11 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 08:11:15 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Oct 26 14:10:43 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 14:10:43 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 14 23:56:31 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 23:56:37 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 08 09:13:23 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 09:13:23 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Sep 04 10:15:41 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 10:15:41 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Aug 23 17:18:11 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 17:18:11 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Aug 23 17:17:44 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 17:17:44 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Aug 12 18:35:22 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 18:35:22 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=43705