Michael Hartwig

Don't Push Me (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Inspired by true events, "Don't Push Me" is an intergenerational saga of gay romance and the shame that cripples it. On a ski vacation in the Alps, Elliott discovers that the owners of the inn where he is staying are the descendants of a physician, Hans, who took care of his grandfather, Clive, a prisoner during World War One. During the war, the Swiss housed German and Allied prisoners in resort towns as a way to shore up the fragile tourist industry, and Mürren was one of those towns. Elliott falls under the spell of Max, who, like his great grandfather, is haunted by an intractable sense of sexual shame. The book shifts back and forth between World War One, when Hans falls in love with his handsome English prisoner/patient, the 1960s, when Clive brings his teenage grandson Elliott to nearby Grindelwald to ski, and 2007, when Elliott travels to Mürren to find out why his grandfather never wanted to return to the place of his internment. Characters grapple with an existential question - whether their sexual desires are a madness corrupting the soul or a gift of the gods, nudging them toward authenticity. This tender love story explores the parallel worlds we inhabit and the people that invite us to cross borders and heal.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Herring Cove Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798223552062
• Artikelnr.: 69499767

Autorenporträt

Michael Hartwig is a Boston and Provincetown-based author of LGBTQ fiction. Hartwig is an accomplished professor of religion and ethics as well as an established artist. His original oil paintings are represented by On Center Gallery in Provincetown.

Hartwig grew up in Dallas but spread his wings early on living in Rome for five years, moving to New England later, and then working in the area of educational travel to the Middle East and Europe.

His fiction weaves together his interest in LGBTQ studies, ethics, religion, art, languages, and travel. The books are set in international venues. They include rich local descriptions and are peppered with the local language. Characters grapple not only with their own gender and sexuality but with prevailing paradigms of sexuality and family in the world around them.

Hartwig has a facility for fast-paced plots that transport readers to other worlds. They are romantic and steamy as well as thoughtful and engaging. Hartwig imagines rich characters who are at crossroads in their lives. In many instances, these crossroads mirror cultural ones. There's plenty of sexual tension to keep readers on the edge of their seats, but the stories are enriched by broader considerations historical, cultural, and philosophical.

For more information on published and forthcoming books visit:

visit: www.michaelhartwigauthor.com