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Buddies (1986)

di Ethan Mordden

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"What unites us, all of us, surely is brotherhood, a sense that our friendships are historic, designed to hold Stonewall together," muses on character in Ethan Mordden'sBuddies.This need for friendship, for nonerotic affection, for buddies, shines forth as an American obsession fromMoby-DickthroughOf Mice and MentoThe Sting.And American gay life has built upon and cherished these relationships, even as it has dared-perhaps its most startling iconoclasm-to break new ground by combining romance and friendship: one's lover is one's buddy. This book is about those relationships-mostly gay but some straight and even a few between gays and straights. Here also are fathers and brothers and stories of men in their youth, when rivalry often develops more naturally than alliance. InBuddiesMordden continues to map the unstoried wilderness of gay life today.… (altro)
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I'm pretty sure Jordana discovered Ethan Mordden first and then told me to read him.
  anderlawlor | Apr 9, 2013 |
I have to appreciate Mordden's contribution to gay literary. Just have to. I am not someone who picks up works by authors of his level. Difficult to enjoy. Although I got his books months ago, I did not dare to start, until recently.

I admit I have to read the lines twice to be able to absorb what he was sharing. The first chapter itself was good. I laughed. Great humor. However, as I went into more and more chapters, reading twice was no longer tolerable. I began to count pages before the book would end.

This reminded me of reading Larry Kramer's work. Too many characters and at the end, I lost the story flow. Mordden's Buddies was nothing as complicated as Kramer's work but still, I felt that at times, I was lost. I really did not know what he was referring to, and should I read the page before again, to see if I could understand.. I did not want to. So, I just flip the pages, missing some, I would bet, humor in his writing.

Another thing is that one must really know the ongoing in America to understand some of his references. Might be lost on some readers. ( )
1 vota starlight70 | Jun 10, 2012 |
Manchmal ist ein Buchumschlag einfach nur irreführend, genauso wie eine unglücklich gewählte Übersetzung eines englischen Buchtitels. Was ich mir da nämlich als seichte Badewannenlektüre mit in die Wanne nahm, entpuppte sich als hintergründiges Gesellschaftsbild. Der Ich-Erzähler Ethan lebt in New York und beobachtet die Menschen um sich herum, statt selbst aktiv daran teilzuhaben. Dadurch kommt er zu diesen hintergründigen Einsichten über seine Freunde und Menschen in seiner Umgebung. Das ist oft heiter, aber zumeist melancholisch und traurig, wie bei der Suche nach der ersten Liebe, die man bei jeder neuen Begegnung wiederzuerleben versucht, oder bei der Erkenntnis, dass es manchen Männern nur um Sex und Schönheit, nie aber um die inneren Werte eines Menschen geht. Aber gleichzeitig zeigt Ethan auch, wie stark Freundschaften und andere Bande sein können. Ein Buch, das berührt und viel mehr verdient als diesen Anschein eines oberflächlichen Urlaubsschmökers ohne Inhalt. ( )
  Kaysbooks | Feb 15, 2011 |
Elevator pitch: "Tales of the City goes to Manhattan." Sweet, leaves you wanting a little more, and the author delivers three successive books of vignettes. Not disappointing, not challenging. Better than "Friends" repeats. ( )
  vesuvian | Apr 8, 2007 |
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"What unites us, all of us, surely is brotherhood, a sense that our friendships are historic, designed to hold Stonewall together," muses on character in Ethan Mordden'sBuddies.This need for friendship, for nonerotic affection, for buddies, shines forth as an American obsession fromMoby-DickthroughOf Mice and MentoThe Sting.And American gay life has built upon and cherished these relationships, even as it has dared-perhaps its most startling iconoclasm-to break new ground by combining romance and friendship: one's lover is one's buddy. This book is about those relationships-mostly gay but some straight and even a few between gays and straights. Here also are fathers and brothers and stories of men in their youth, when rivalry often develops more naturally than alliance. InBuddiesMordden continues to map the unstoried wilderness of gay life today.

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