Title: Der junge Kurt
Description: Hehrmeister, a well-travelled composer, has returned to Riga, where he meets 17-year-old Kurt. He only realizes how deep his feelings for Kurt are after he lets his mother catch him. Before the confusion of his feelings, he wants to flee to Paris - for Kurt a double betrayal that breaks him. 

Due to the author's Baltic German origin, it can be considered one of the first gay novels from the Baltic countries.
Subjects: LGBTQ fiction before Stonewall