LESBIANA

51. THE CONFORMIST by Alberto Moravia. Farrar, Strauss and Young, 1951.

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A penetrating study of a Facist, whose compul si ve drive for conformity leads to the destruction of everything that he might have loved. An interlude between his wife and her friend forms an interesting climax before the macabre ending of the book.

WASTELAND by Jo Sinclair. Harper & Bros., 1946.

An excellent psychological novel which has doubtless won a reasonable number of thinking people to accept in part the view that the homosexual may be an intelligent, healthy, decent member of society rather than a degenerate.

THE GREEN WALL by James Wright. Yale University Press, 1957.

A beautiful collection of lyric and semi-narrative poetry by a young newcomer with great promise. A good percentage of the poems are written as though the author were a woman, notably "Assignation". Two long narrative poems of interest to THE LADDER readers are entitled "Sappho" and "Erinna to Sappho". Both of these are very modern treatments of the poetess and her lovers. This book should be obtainable at any medium to large size public library.

THE FOX by David Herbert Lawrence. (This was run serially in Dial Magazine, 1922, and can be obtained at any public library).

A sensitive story of two Lesbian lovers who own an unsuccessful farm. They are plagued by a cunning fox who eats their chickens. A young hired man attempts to woo and wed one of the women. The other woman thwarts him so successfully that he kills her. An odd note is the young man's uncanny resemblance to the fox.

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