2008-04-01

In memory of Delly (1875-1947)

Delly is the pseudonym of Jeanne Marie Henriette de La Rosière Petitjean (Avignon, 1875 - Versailles, 1947), which published her first works under the name of M. Delly and his brother Henri Frederic Joseph (Vannes, 1876 - Versailles, 1949).

Popular Writers of sentimental literature, they wrote, between 1903 and 1943, more than 100 romance and adventures novels.

Favourite writers of the Catholic clergy and press, they were published in several foreign countries. To note however that in the English-speaking countries they are not known.

In memory of Delly (1875-1947)

Popular Writers of sentimental literature, they wrote, between 1903 and 1943, more than 100 romance and adventures novels.

Favourite writers of the Catholic clergy and press, they were published in several foreign countries. To note however that in the English-speaking countries they are not known.

To Have and to Hostage by G.A. Hauser

Michael is the spoilt son of a very rich family. 25 years old, he has no purpose in life if not be drunk and go out with his friends. Everytime his father tries to talk to him and convince him to find a job, Michael only sees the plastic doll stepmother he has and thinks that, if she can spend the day doing nothing, also he can do that. Michael is not a nice person, he is selfcentered and vain: he spends most of the time in front of some mirror asking to his image who his the best and the most beautiful and answering himself that he is the one...

Jarrod is a nice guy. 22 years old from a too poor family to allow him to go to college, he has left home to arrive in Los Angeles with the hope of a better future. But even if he is a very handsome man, he is like many others and in the end he is nothing special. So now Jarrod is at the end of the rope, without money and starving. And he is alone: he looks around his empty apartment and knows that he has no one in the world who cares for him. He has only two chance: hustling, a thing he can't consider, or suicide, what he chooses to do. So he shoplifts a little gun from a pawnshop and turns his steps towards home... and he is almost run over from a drunken Michael.

Obviously Michael is not the type of man to excuse himself or to ask if Jarrod is all right, instead he yells to Jarrod, and Jarrod snaps out of his suicidal stupor and aims the gun towards Michael: he brings a drunken Michael in his two rooms apartment and ties him up to the kitchen's chair. Now Jarrod is no more alone, now he has Michael.

Among naivee attempts to ask a ransom for Michael, Jarrod begins to see him in a different way than an hostage: he begins to see him like a friend, something he needs so much, and like a lover. And Michael begins to understand that he has no one around him who cares really for him and in the claustrophobic apartment he begins to feel that the only one who cares for him is Jarrod. But it's not so simple: in a situation that is almost a push psicological therapy, Michael continues to run in his mind all the reasons why he is alone, but he never admits that he has some guilty in it, everyone is to blame but him. And everytime Jarrod reaches a hand to "pet" him or to feed him (not only food but also love), he finishes with a bitten hand...

I'm addicted. I always know, even before starting a book, that I will like an Hauser's book and I will love her faulty characters...

Amazon: To Have and To Hostage
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Paperback: 178 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (August 20, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1449592945
ISBN-13: 978-1449592943

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To Have and to Hostage by G.A. Hauser

Michael is the spoilt son of a very rich family. 25 years old, he has no purpose in life if not be drunk and go out with his friends. Everytime his father tries to talk to him and convince him to find a job, Michael only sees the plastic doll stepmother he has and thinks that, if she can spend the day doing nothing, also he can do that. Michael is not a nice person, he is selfcentered and vain: he spends most of the time in front of some mirror asking to his image who his the best and the most beautiful and answering himself that he is the one...

Jarrod is a nice guy. 22 years old from a too poor family to allow him to go to college, he has left home to arrive in Los Angeles with the hope of a better future. But even if he is a very handsome man, he is like many others and in the end he is nothing special. So now Jarrod is at the end of the rope, without money and starving. And he is alone: he looks around his empty apartment and knows that he has no one in the world who cares for him. He has only two chance: hustling, a thing he can't consider, or suicide, what he chooses to do. So he shoplifts a little gun from a pawnshop and turns his steps towards home... and he is almost run over from a drunken Michael.

Obviously Michael is not the type of man to excuse himself or to ask if Jarrod is all right, instead he yells to Jarrod, and Jarrod snaps out of his suicidal stupor and aims the gun towards Michael: he brings a drunken Michael in his two rooms apartment and ties him up to the kitchen's chair. Now Jarrod is no more alone, now he has Michael.

Among naivee attempts to ask a ransom for Michael, Jarrod begins to see him in a different way than an hostage: he begins to see him like a friend, something he needs so much, and like a lover. And Michael begins to understand that he has no one around him who cares really for him and in the claustrophobic apartment he begins to feel that the only one who cares for him is Jarrod. But it's not so simple: in a situation that is almost a push psicological therapy, Michael continues to run in his mind all the reasons why he is alone, but he never admits that he has some guilty in it, everyone is to blame but him. And everytime Jarrod reaches a hand to "pet" him or to feed him (not only food but also love), he finishes with a bitten hand...

I'm addicted. I always know, even before starting a book, that I will like an Hauser's book and I will love her faulty characters...

Amazon: To Have and to Hostage

Amazon Kindle: To Have and to Hostage

Reading List:

http://www.librarything.com/catalog_bottom.php?tag=reading+list&view=elisa.rolle

Roommates by Helen Gabriel

This a very strange but interesting short story, too short for me to have a full comprehension of the characters, but still very intriguing.

Morgan is a big and pretty lonely cop. Even when a child he was an almost hermit, and when he realized to prefer men, that was only one thing more to prevented him to have a normal social life. Since he doesn't seem to be willing to correct this situation, it seems strange that he chose to sub lease his apartment for the summer.

Jasper is an Afro American teacher from Chicago. Having lost his grandmother, his Nana, that grew him, he takes a sabbatical year to think and decide what to do for the rest of his life. A summer in California seems a good way to start. And Morgan is a lovely plus to the room he rent.

Both pretty strong in body, Jasper and Morgan have some emotion issues to overcome. To say that passion flares since the beginning it's not true: they are drawn to each other but before doing the BIG thing, they spend some days to taste the field. The resulting sex scene is very involving and tender.

There are a lot of not said words in this book, the author doesn't spend time to analyze all the reasons for this two men, but maybe it's the strenght of the novel: this is the story of two souls that meet and mate without words if not the really important ones...

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Cover Art by April Martinez