Rolling The R's

by R. Zamora Linmark

Overview

Illuminated by pop fantasies, Donna Summer disco tracks and teen passion, the fiercely earnest characters in Rolling the R's come to life against the background of burning dreams and neglect in a small 1970s Hawaiian community. In this daring first novel, tour-de-force experiments in narrative structure, pidgin and perspective roll every “are” and throw new light on gay identity and the trauma of assimilation. Rolling the R's goes beyond “coming of age” and “coming out” to address the realities of cultural confusion, prejudice and spiraling levels of desire in humorous yet haunting portraits that are, as Matthew Stadler writes, “stylish, shameless and beautiful.”

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781885030030
Publisher:	Kaya Pr
Publication date:	11/02/1997
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

R. Zamora Linmark is the author of two novels, LECHE (Coffee House Press, 2011) and ROLLING THE R's (Kaya Press, 1997), and two poetry collections, PRIME TIME APPARITIONS (Hanging Loose Press, 2005) and THE EVOLUTION OF A SIGH (Hanging Loose Press, 2008). Linmark splits his time between Manila and Honolulu, Hawaii.

Editorial Reviews

Vignettes on young urban gay life that read like a poetry slam. (Sept.)

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