February London, England; Toronto […]

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1964-02

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February London, England; Toronto Jane Rule's first novel, The Desert of the Heart, was published by Seeker & Warburg in England and Macmillan of Canada. An American edition was released by World Publishing of New York later in 1964. A classic of lesbian literature concerning the relationship between a divorcee and a free-spirited woman in Reno, Nevada, during the 1950s, The Desert of the Heart has been reprinted many times, and was adapted by Donna Deitch into the film Desert Hearts in 1985.

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Donna Deitch Jane Rule

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World Publishing Macmillan of Canada Seeker & Warburg

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Desert Hearts The Desert of the Heart

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F.W. Watt, "Letters in Canada: 1964. Fiction," University of Toronto Quarterly 34 (July 1965): 380-81.V.T., "Under Covers: ASK Library Page," ASK Newsletter 2 (June 1965): 5 Jane Rule, "Jane Rule: The Woman behind Lesbian Images" (interview). Body Politic, no. 21 (1975), pp. 14-15, 17 Martin Levin, "Reader's Report," New York Times Book Review, i August 1964, pp. 28-29 "A Bibliography," Canadian Fiction Magazine, no. 23 (1976), p p. 133,135-36

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