num_pages: 166
description: Set in the early 1980's, Robert Glück's first novel, Jack the Modernist, has become a classic of postmodern gay fiction. Bob is excited and lonely. He meets and pursues the elusive Jack, a director who is able to transform others without altering himself. Bob goes to the baths, gossips on the phone, goes to a bar, thinks about werewolves, has an orgasm, and discovers a number of truths about Jack. A paean to love and obsession, Glück's novel explores the everyday in a language that is both intimate and lush. "Robert Glück has found a new way of making fiction passionate. This novel is a strange, exhilarating love story rich with invention and observation." -Edmund White
language: English
title: Jack the Modernist
titlecomplete: Jack the Modernist
genres: LGBT, Gay, Gay Fiction, Queer Lit, Novels, 20th Century, Fiction, Queer
ratings_count: 141
publisher: Serpent's Tail