Under the brightness of alien stars.
Publisher: Editions Sans le sou
Published: 1970
Place of publication: Montreal
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
Description: Under the Brightness of Alien Stars was one of the first novels by a Canadian to portray major characters who were gay: Robert Morieau, scion of the oil-rich Canadian based Morieau family, roams through Europe seeking an outlet for his restlessness, and his boredom. He grasps frantically at the straw of companionship offered him by Philippe Satin, an actor he meets in Paris, who leads Robert into a homosexual relationship. A series of disappointments splits them, and Robert wends his way into the Russian holocaust and sees the thousands of refugees gathered in camps and fleeing into neighboring countries, such as Austria. While writing a series of interviews with Hungarian refugees, Robert meets a young boy who is suffering from amnesia - and he finds the answer to his restless rovings in his love for this boy.....
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