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Recommend me something eloquently written with homosexual subtext, please?

>> No.861081

Confessions of a Mask by Yukio Mishima

>> No.861083

you check a single man yet?

watch the movie trailer, both are wonderful

>> No.861085

Fight Club

>> No.861084

Lord of the Flies.

Okay no fine, The Picture of Dorian Gray

>> No.861087

Crash by JG Ballard, Querelle by Jean Genet (well not subtext exactly...)

>> No.861088

Nella Larsen's Passing, though there are women involved... not sure if you're going for that.

>> No.861096

A Separate Peace

SO gay.

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This. And no because of the scene you're thinking of.

>> No.861099

Who needs subtext?
Confesions of a Mask

>> No.861102

>>861085
how gay is the Fight Club novel compared to the movie?

>> No.861110

>>861084
God the Picture of Dorian Gray is so gay I don't know if it counts as subtext. I mean, the damn kid strats crying and beating a cushion because his beauty would not last forever. I remember reading that book at least three times for three different classe, and thinking "you little fag" every damn time.

>> No.861114

Frankenstein.

>> No.861122

>>861110
>>861084
Loved Dorian Gray and all the gayness, Oscar Wilde's so witty.

>> No.861126

>>861099
This appears to be maddeningly relevant to my interests.

>> No.861141

Nightlife by Rob Thurman

Not sure about eloquent, but there is subtext.

>> No.861144

>>861083
A Single Man seems very intriguing, thanks for the tip, definitely on my to watch list now.

Keep the recs coming, not limited to subtext!

>> No.861148

>>861102
Pretty fucking gay.
There's scenes of Tyler's mouth watering lips and kissing the back of his hand, which could all be taken out of context very easily.

>> No.861164

To quote anon from above, who needs subtext? Maurice by E.M.Forster.

>> No.861182

>>861122
Another one for the Portrait of Dorian Gray. It was the gayest book I read that I was okay with.

>> No.861183

How could I forget Maurice?

>> No.861194

>>861164
Another "who needs subtext" book: James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room.

>> No.861196

Henry James -- The Pupil

It's a short story, but I haven't seen it recommended yet.

>> No.861207

Let's share some links for the mentioned books:

Maurice by E.M.Forster - http://www.4shared.com/document/S3Yrmt-W/Forster_EM_-_Maurice.htm

Fight Club - mediafire.com/?jgmxwezqvtz

>> No.861256

Am I the only that saw homosexual subtext in Hamlet?

>> No.861267

>>861256
Stabbing is a metaphor for anal intercourse, obviously.

>> No.861343

harry potter by joanne kathleen rowling

>> No.862063

anything by Clive Barker

>> No.862066

The eternal husband - dostoyevsky

>> No.862089

billy budd by melville
also crash by ballard is a good choice

>> No.862123

>>861081
I love that book, but it's hardly subtext.

>> No.863655

moar

>> No.863656

The Qu'ran.

>> No.863672

>>862063
Again -- the topic at hand is _subtext_

>> No.863681

My Body and I by Rene Crevel.

>> No.863690

American Psycho

>> No.863708

Ummm anything by Poppy Z. Brite

>> No.863712

>>862063
Especially Imagica

>> No.863733

Nice to see this thread still going!

I mentioned Maurice earlier, which is _about_ homosexual relationships, but I guess you could find homoerotic subtext in all of his novels. Also, watch the film adaptation of A Room With a View ^ ^

You could check out Richard Wright's stories from the volume Eight Men. They're quite unlike Wright's most famous works. I think the story "Big Black Good Man" would be especially relevant to your interests. Also, "Man of All Work", which involves crossdressing and is also damn entertaining (in a very bittersweet way--you know, Richard Wright is still Richard Wright).

Also, anything by Jack Kerouac, if he's not too gay for you. I'd also mention Hemingway's works, for example The Sun Also Rises, in hope that I won't get lyched by die-hard Hemingway fans. Damn, now that I think of it, there's gayness all around.

Also, Gombrowicz.

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>>863656

>> No.863799

Ender's Game.

No I'm serious!

>> No.863805

Well there was a prepubescent dong on the big screen tv. There is that... >>863799

>> No.863826

Moby Dick.

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>>861077

>> No.863915

Pretty much everything by Wilde, e.g. his short stories The Happy Prince etc.

>> No.864076

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/HoYay/Literature
tell me which ones are good, pl0x

>> No.864108

>>861077
Lord of the Rings

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The Immoralist - Andre Gide
The Wild Boys - William S. Burroughs

>> No.864127

>>863799
Um, he said "Elegantly Written"

If you liked Dorian Grey you should read À rebours. Other than that I'd say have a go at The Master by Colm Tóibín.

>> No.864130

Can't believe no one has recommended Bridesheas Revisited by Evelyn Waugh yet. So homoerotic it can get without balls touching.

>> No.864133

>>864130
I still would argue that Charles and Sebastian's relationship wasn't homosexual but pretty much everyone in the world would disagree with me soooooo

also people should definitely read this cause its basically one of the most brilliantly written books in existence, waugh's prose is amazing

>> No.864137

The Counterfeiters by Gide, though it's ambiguous.
Also The Immoralist by the same author.
The homosexuality is not the point of either text though.
If that's what your looking for try some erotic fanfictions written by fat yaoi fangirls.

>> No.864152

>>864133
I'm the one you quoted, and I wholly agree with you. It is one of my absolutely favourite books. The prose is divine and the metaphors and allegories are mind numbing.

And I can agree with the view that it wasn't homosexual. More likely platonic. But so many people read homosexuality into it that I thought it worth mentioning in this thread.

>> No.864169

>>864152
Oh absolutely, you cannot deny that the possibility exists, intentionally on Waugh's part, I think. It does deserve in this thread, my personal interpretation notwithstanding.

>> No.864190

>>864169

we think alike.

>> No.864223

Twilight

>> No.864380

>>864223
Ohohoho

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