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The Tragedy of a Human Life

3 December 2024

Maurice van Lieshout added a special story to the Utrecht rainbow canon about a gay novel from 1963. In this so-called 'realist novel' Men who are 'different' the author describes the 1960s setting of Utrecht to make the story as realistic as possible.

Besides the now famous gay literature of the second half of the last century, many straight-life novels about gay men also appeared. This was one of them, written by Jan Brandts. Who was this author? How do you describe a sex scene between two men in 1963? Read all about it in our latest story.

The tragedy of a lifetime, a 1963 Utrecht gay novel

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