LiTGays Bookclub

Hi Friends!

For our inaugural book meet-up we will be reading THE LIVING REALM by Jordan Tannahill (location TBD likely a brewery or coffee shop in Anaheim) its a short book but packs a lot of punch in the pages. see description below. It's fairly new and I have not seen it in libraries yet- it would be a great one to go in and request as this keeps the libraries funded and queer stories accessible to others.

The free host event only allows up to ten people to RSVP however, even if it's full- it's not! come on by or send me a message and I can give you the additional info. looking forward to it!

Synopsis: While cruising one evening by Teufelssee, a small glacial lake in the Grunewald forest on the edge of Berlin, a man spots a handsome stranger who bears an uncanny resemblance to his former lover. Only, Lukas died nearly thirty years ago. Yet the man cannot shake the feeling that it was really Lukas he saw.
Along with his friends, Gabor and Birgit, the man spends the long, hot summer by the lake, observing the comings and goings of their fellow nudists, as well as their beloved Elsa, a boar who lives along its fringes. He also continues to encounter Lukas, and then other lost lovers as well. As he attempts to make sense of the strange occurrences and learns more of Teufelssee, he finds himself venturing deeper into the mystery of the forest, leading him to question not just his sanity but the nature of time itself.
Written with the lyricism and erudition that have made Jordan Tannahill an internationally celebrated playwright, The Living Realm is a dreamlike novel of epic feeling, and an elegy to the ways our lives become entangled with history, the natural world, and those we love.