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Tales Of The City

Tales of the City


Christoph Jeff Micklon's
Book Report
FOR ENG 744.3
Gay Literature
Dr. John Bowers
Spring 1996
Armistead Maupin

When you sense the affection where people enfold their loving kindness you
are probably amidst the tenants of 28 Barbary Lane, San Francisco 94109.
Perhaps ‘tenants' is the wrong word, it should be something more like a friendly
community of people. In Tales of the City , by Armistead Maupin, the characters
are intertwined with togetherness. The mother of all mothers, ‘the landlady',
guardian of all who live under her roof, orchestrates an unfolding story that is
captivating and compelling. It Is her love that permeates the other characters
within this story.
This sequence of story snippets was originally introduced to San Francisco
Chronicle readers back in 1976. It is because of this that each sub-story, or
chapter in the book, is a self sustaining story in itself, more so than most
chapter arranged......


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Approximate Pages: 23 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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