San Antonio College Library

"Set in Rome, Hawthorne's tale of the influence of European culture on American morality echoes 'The Scarlet Letter' in its concern with the nature of transgression and guilt."

"Now I am a mother and a married woman, but not long ago I led a life of crime' so Bianca begins her tale of growing up the hard way in Rome in A Little Lumpen Novelita. Orphaned overnight as a teenager--'our parents died in a car crash on their first vacation without us'-she drops out of school, gets a crappy job. At night, she is plagued by a terrible brightness, and soon she drifts into bad company. Her little brother brings home two petty criminals...

Befriended by Donatello, a young Italian with the classical grace of the 'Marble Faun', Miriam, Hilda, and Kenyon, three American expatriates, find their pursuit of art taking a sinister turn as Miriam's unhappy past threatens to lead them into tragedy.

Fictionally portrays the private and public lives of the Roman Emperor from 76 to 138 A.D. Fictionalized letter from the Roman Emperor Hadrian (A.D. 76 - 138) to his successor, the youthful Marcus Aurelius.

"Flamboyant New York theatre director Ren is passionately in love with Jack, a younger man who is still under the thumb of his conservative CEO father, Malcolm. Jack's differences with his father range from the fact that Jack is still in the closet regarding his sexuality to having to endure his father's platitudes about self-improvement and his contempt for Ren. The fact that his father's oil company is dumping toxic waste into the Hudson River doesn't...