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Desert of the Heart by Jane Rule5/9/2023 Rule, who passed away in 2007, should really be heralded as one of the key lesbian writers who paved the way for and began what we currently call queer women’s literature.Įvelyn and Ann are the two lovers at the centre of the story, but that is much too simple a description of their relationship. It’s not only that the novel doesn’t condemn either of the women for their desires, although that is significant it’s that Desert of the Heart presents a startlingly psychologically complex reading of a lesbian relationship. But it is essential to remember, because it’s astonishing, really, that this kind of lesbian novel was even published (in hardcover no less) at a time when cheap paperback lesbian pulp novels-with appropriately depressing endings-were the only kind of contemporary books available with queer women’s content. It’s easy to forget when you’re reading Desert of the Heart, by American-turned-Canadian author Jane Rule, that it was actually published in 1964.
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