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The Lost Language of Cranes
The Lost Language of Cranes: A Novel | David Leavitt
7 posts | 11 read | 10 to read
Set in the 1980s against the backdrop of a swiftly gentrifying Manhattan, The Lost Language of Cranes tells the story of twenty-five-year-old Philip Benjamin, who realizes he must come out to his parents after falling in love for the first time with a man. Philip's parents are facing their own problems: pressure from developers and the loss of their longtime home. But the real threat to the family is Philip's father's own struggle with his suppressed homosexuality, realized only in Sunday afternoon visits to gay porn theaters. Philip's revelation to his parents leads his father to a point of crisis and provokes changes that forever alter the landscape of the family's lives.
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KellyHunsakerReads
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Reading another #1001books #LGBTQ #audiobook in honor of #Pride month.

Bibliogeekery Haven't heard of this one! #queerbooks 6y
KellyHunsakerReads @Bibliogeekery thanks for the great hashtag. This book was quite good. 6y
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Kristelh
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#riotgrams day12 #queerreads hoping to read Lost language of Cranes this month

Bibliogeekery Nice stack of #queerbooks! 🏳️‍🌈 6y
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CarolynM
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Pickpick

The story is very much of its time and place and very obviously the work of a young writer, but it's characters and its central themes of family and the corrosive nature of secrets mean it is still relevant to all of us.

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CarolynM
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#MarchInBooks #CurrentlyReading The Lost Language of Cranes

#ReadingResolutions #MarchTBR

#MagicalMarch #MarchLineUp

Hopefully I'll fit a few more in, but I really want to read these in the next few weeks

Jess7 Ohhh I want to read Call me by your name! 6y
vkois88 They all sound fantastic! Thanks for playing 😊 6y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Great stack!!! I believe you are our first post for #MagicalMarch 🍀🎉💕 6y
Nute Can‘t wait to read Call Me By Your Name. 6y
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betta_c1309
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My latest library #bookhaul ~ I got The Scorpion Rules because I had heard about it (and then, the library copy was all new and shiny haha), while I have been interested since forever in Stone Butch Blues, The Joy Luck Club, Americanah and David Leavitt's book.

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Onioons
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If there is one thing I know about you, Philip, it is that you are, whether you like it or not, helplessly optimistic. No matter how much you may want to remain in a stupor of depression, you'll rise up from it. Sometimes I think you are doomed to happiness ❤❤ Philip ❤❤

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Onioons
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Jerene's impression at the age of 7 that the world consisted of 2 parallel & more or less identical sets of people-1 dark, 1 light-just as the dolls on the toy store shelves always came in 2 versions, 1 dark, 1 light... she would tell Eliot years afterwards provided her intro to the politics of race

shawnmooney I read this novel well over 20 years ago, when it was first published. I remember enjoying it, but not as much as his debut collection of short stories "Family Dancing," which was unbelievably good. 8y
Onioons Thanks @shawnmooney! Still just a third of the way thru, but really liking it. Will def want to read more of his stuff... 8y
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