Significant Others
1987 • 352 pages

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"An extended love letter to a magical San Francisco." --New York Times Book Review 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. "Comedy in its most classical form...some of the sharpest and most speakable dialogue you are ever likely to read." --The Guardian "The color is wonderful, the line bold and flowing. It is also wise, witty, loving and caring about the foibles and frailties we all seem to have." --David Hockney


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10 primary books

#5 in Tales of the City

Tales of the City is a 10-book series with 10 primary works first released in 1978 with contributions by Armistead Maupin.

#1
I racconti di San Francisco
#2
More Tales of the City
#3
Further Tales of the City
#4
Babycakes
#5
Significant Others
#6
Sure of You
#7
Michael Tolliver Lives
#8
L'autunno di Mary Ann
#9
The Days of Anna Madrigal
#10
Mona of the Manor

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J'ai lu les fameuses et sympathiques Chroniques de San Francisco d'Armistead Maupin quand j'étais encore un jeune adulte, et j'avais pris énormément de plaisir à les lire. Je les recommande à tous les lecteurs qui aiment rire et être ému par un livre !

December 30, 2016