Wie alles begann - die legendären Vorgeschichten zur „Serie der Stunde“ (Spiegel online) auf Netflix. „Einmal begonnen, lassen einen die Geschichten aus San Francisco nicht mehr los." (NDR) Dies ist der erste Band von Armistead Maupins legendären Stadtgeschichten. Wie bei einer Fahrt auf der Achterbahn jagt Maupin seine Leser in rasantem Tempo durch die Straßen von San Francisco. All den unterschiedlichsten Menschen, deren Geschichte erzählt wird, ist eines gemeinsam: Sie suchen das ganz große Glück. „Die Wärme, die von der Geschichte um den verrückten Clan aus der Barbary Lane 28 ausgeht, erreicht Leser aller Geschlechter und sexuellen Orientierungen.“ (The New York Times)
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Deze serie nodigt je uit in het bruisende hart van San Francisco, waarbij de verweven levens van een diverse cast van personages worden gevolgd op zoek naar hun plek in de wereld. Elk verhaal ontvouwt zich in een razends tempo, waarbij de diepe verlangens, complexe relaties en onverwachte wendingen worden onthuld die deze individuen verbinden. Bereid je voor op een verhandeling vol humor, menselijkheid en aangrijpende momenten die lang na het lezen blijven hangen. Het is een boeiende verkenning van verbondenheid en het najagen van geluk in een dynamisch stadslandschap.
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Tales of the City
- 400bladzijden
- 14 uur lezen
Set in the vibrant backdrop of 1970s San Francisco, this novel introduces a diverse cast of characters navigating love, friendship, and the complexities of urban life. The story intertwines their lives through a communal apartment building, showcasing the city’s unique culture and the challenges of the era. With a blend of humor and poignancy, it explores themes of identity, acceptance, and the search for belonging, establishing a rich narrative that captures the essence of a transformative time and place.
More tales of the city
- 287bladzijden
- 11 uur lezen
The tenants of 28 Barbary Lane have fled their cozy nest for adventures far afield. Mary Ann Singleton finds love at sea with a forgetful stranger, Mona Ramsey discovers her doppelganger in a desert whorehouse, and Michael Tolliver bumps into his favorite gynecologist in a Mexican bar. Meanwhile, their venerable landlady takes the biggest journey of all--without ever leaving home.
The residents of 28 Barbary Lane are back again in this racy, suspenseful and wildly romantic sequel to Tales of the City and More Tales of the City. DeDe Halcyon Day and Mary Ann Singleton track down a charismatic psychopath, Michael Tolliver looks for love, landlady Anna Madrigal imprisons an anchorwoman in her basement storeroom, and Armistead Maupin is in firm control.
Babycakes
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The characters that filled the pages of the three earlier Tales of the City books with love and laughter are at it again, as an ordinary house-husband and his ambitious wife discover there's more to making a baby than meets the eye. Unexpected help arrives in the form of a British monarch, a grieving gay neighbour, and an international ring of mail-order brides. Armistead Maupin has written a comedy of manners for our times.
Tales of the City Sequence - 5: Significant Others
- 316bladzijden
- 12 uur lezen
8 hrs and 37 mins The fifth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Francisco saga, soon to return to television as a Netflix original series once again starring Laura Linney and Olympia Dukakis. Tranquillity reigns in the ancient redwood forest until a women-only music festival sets up camp downriver from an all-male retreat for the ruling class. Among those entangled in the ensuing mayhem are a lovesick nurseryman, a panic-stricken philanderer, and the world’s most beautiful fat woman. Significant Others is Armistead Maupin’s cunningly observed meditation on marriage, friendship, and sexual nostalgia.
A fiercely ambitious TV talk show host finds she must choose between national stardom in New York and a husband and child in San Francisco. Caught in the middle is their longtime friend, a gay man whose own future is even more uncertain. Wistful and compassionate, yet subversively funny, Sure of You could only come from Armistead Maupin.
Michael Tolliver lives
- 352bladzijden
- 13 uur lezen
Inspiration for the Netflix Limited Series, Tales of the City The seventh novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Francisco saga. Nearly two decades after ending his groundbreaking Tales of the City saga of San Francisco life, Armistead Maupin revisits his all-too-human hero Michael Tolliver—the fifty-five-year-old sweet-spirited gardener and survivor of the plague that took so many of his friends and lovers—for a single day at once mundane and extraordinary... and filled with the everyday miracles of living.
Mary Ann in Autumn
- 287bladzijden
- 11 uur lezen
After suffering personal calamities in New York, Mary Ann Singleton moves back to San Francisco after being gone for twenty years and begins to slowly rebuild her life, only to confront fresh terrors when her past comes back to haunt her.
The Days of Anna Madrigal
- 273bladzijden
- 10 uur lezen
Inspiration for the Netflix Limited Series, Tales of the City The eighth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin's best-selling San Francisco saga. The Days of Anna Madrigal, the suspenseful, comic, and touching novel, follows one of modern literature's most unforgettable and enduring characters?Anna Madrigal, the legendary transgender landlady of 28 Barbary Lane?as she embarks on a road trip that will take her deep into her past. Now ninety-two, and committed to the notion of "leaving like a lady," Mrs. Madrigal has seemingly found peace with her "logical family" in San Francisco: her devoted young caretaker Jake Greenleaf; her former tenant Brian Hawkins and his daughter Shawna; and Michael Tolliver and Mary Ann Singleton, who have known and loved Anna for nearly four decades. Some members of Anna's family are bound for the otherworldly landscape of Burning Man, the art community in Nevada's Black Rock Desert where 60,000 revelers gather to construct a city designed to last only one week. Anna herself has another destination in mind: a lonely stretch of road outside of Winnemucca where the 16-year-old boy she once was ran away from the whorehouse he called home. With Brian and his beat-up RV, she journeys into the dusty troubled heart of her Depression childhood to unearth a lifetime of secrets and dreams and attend to unfinished business she has long avoided
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Armistead Maupin's uproarious and moving novels have carved a unique niche in American literature, capturing cultural change from the seventies through the early 2000s. These tales are as hard to resist as a dish of pistachios, enticing readers to play the game of "Just one more chapter," often leading to late nights. Originally serialized in the San Francisco Chronicle, the first three installments introduced a mainstream audience to a diverse cast of characters navigating urban life. Among them are the bewildered Mary Ann Singleton, the libidinous Brian Hawkins, the free-spirited Mona Ramsey, the hopeful Michael "Mouse" Tolliver, and their marijuana-growing landlady, the indefatigable Mrs. Madrigal. Maupin skillfully weaves their stories, tackling social and sexual barriers while guiding them through heartbreak, triumph, terrors, and coincidences. The result is a sparkling and addictive comedy of manners that continues to enchant new generations of readers.
The Tales of the City - 2: Back to Barbary Lane
The Tales of the City Omnibus
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By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, Armistead Maupin's bestselling Tales of the City novels—collected in this second omnibus volume—offer an incomparable blend of storytelling and incisive social commentary on American culture from the seventies through the early 2000s. Tearing through these tales allows for instant gratification and showcases Maupin's masterful construction of a vibrant world. His uproarious and moving narratives have carved a unique niche in American literature, serving as indelible documents of cultural change during this period. Back to Barbary Lane comprises the second omnibus of the series, featuring Babycakes (1984), Significant Others (1987), and Sure of You (1989). This volume continues the saga of the tenants of Mrs. Madrigal's beloved apartment house on Russian Hill. While the first trilogy celebrated the carefree excesses of the seventies, this installment explores the challenges faced by its hapless, all-too-human cast during the tumultuous eighties—a decade marked by plague, deceit, and ambition. Like its companion volumes, Back to Barbary Lane is noted for its sharp and engaging dialogue, which has been praised as some of the most memorable in literature. Maupin’s work has garnered critical acclaim globally and captivated legions of devoted fans.
