Description

A grieving young gay American journeys deep into Eastern Europe during the early ‘90s to claim an unexpected inheritance from a great uncle. After a period of adjustment, he befriends a small group of young men and women who are struggling to shake off decades, and even centuries, of subjugation. Even more startling, he unearths a thinly veiled memoir by his benefactor detailing a clandestine love that survived war, genocide and Soviet rule. He naively uses the inheritance money to refurbish a coffee house originally opened by his uncle, and in the process, learns a vital lesson about love and loss, and the cyclical nature of oppression.

About the author(s)

Richard Natale is a reporter and editor who has written for such publications as the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Village Voice and Variety. He wrote and directed a gay-themed feature film romance Green Plaid Shirt, which was the closing night film at the Palm Springs Film Festival and played at 20 festivals around the world. He won the National Playwright’s Competition for the comedy Shuffle off This Mortal Buffalo, which was produced in Los Angeles and Kansas City. Several of his short stories have appeared in the literary magazine Wilde Oats and have been published by Torquere Press and thewritedeal.org. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.