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What does one do when one sees lightning strike thrice? Seguro que hay que describirlo, no?
One, I've been to Sitges and lived in Barcelona, in '73-4, as a student of the Knox College program at la Universidad de Barcelona. I preferred Tossa del Mar, but Sitges was good, too! My Catalan host brothers were, and are, much beloved. I was 20, they were 17 and 14. We had no secrets.
Two, I was born in New Mexico, and I lived among Navajo Indians, for 8 years. My best friend there was a rodeo bull-rider. He was more than a friend. ;>)
Three, my backyard (near Seattle) is full of Goldfinches every summer.
Besides "The King of Sitges" and "Goldfinch"., I've visited your web site. It's amazing. I just wanted to finally drop a line, and tell you how much I'm enjoying "Goldfinch" as it comes to Nifty. You've not only mastered writing, but doing so from a Native American perspective.
Besos y abrazos my fuertes,
"Juan Andres"
PS - The only catalan I remember is "El Barca es el meu equip". Oh, and "Bon Nadal". But at that time castellano was spoken on the street and in school. |
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Tuesday, 19 April 2011 |
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Hi Andrej!
your "Goldfinch" with Kutkhay and his interest for his friend, Mokoa. Reading about the shaman, to how the youth males came into manhood with their circumcised members bandaged, and after healing is done and accepted into manhood, they were returned to their homes. To the ships arriving and one time Merchant ships. Kutkhay & Mokoa becoming slowly lovers and Mokoa, the more aggressive male lover and older, having other males and telling about the ships and the men. To the battle and Mokoa not sure if he died in a battle...
To find out Patrick, on the last merchant ship from him swimming to it and how he saved Kutkhay. How they both became closer and closer but not any type of sex and Patrick and he so comfortable sleeping together, Father walks in and... anger. The actions of the father while father and son Patrick off to.
Becoming slave and chained and sold off forgot the person having him as a rented male to his customers and then thrown to the streets... Learning from Rodney, Jimmy, Lee and to the purchase by Mr. Hogwood JR.
Treated nice as a slave, but... Desire to be with Patrick... Till meeting up with Andrey Kotnich. The painter and boy could he paint, draw, teaching Kutkhay the same talent as found that Kutkhay had the talent. Along with teaching even more ways to love at Kutkhay age now of 19.
Yet another move to the Capital by the new master. Now the painter nickname of Goldie. Then I knew but not when Patrick would be worked back in and boy! How he was and how he flew to find his heart lover Kutkhay and pulled a little scam on the older lawyer and both gentlemen on settling.
Oh the trip back home with Patrick and Kutkhay, the sleep over the river stop and then the conversation with the wife so understanding!! I had to stop as it all brought tears and so two hearts truly in love finding each other again and finally!
I just had to finish reading the book. When getting as said with up to Chapter 11 the story was so moving with the very beginning to where I left off. So many different emotions and such a great story. I needed to know and could not believe the twisted turn of the horrid bastard Steven in changing his name so many times to get what his horrid mind wanted to have and do.
I was so pleased how you worked in the freeing of the slaves. Something that is part of here in the USA American history that I am glad that has changed. I was glad to see how Patrick & Kutkhay played a part in that change and Patrick's wife that played the part too and on top of it all so supportive of her husband's feelings and so supportive towards him.
Then for the solid growing family in so many ways to suffer and Patrick to go through all the horrid conditions. Yet, strong enough after being rescued to tell the people, lets deal with this in a legal way. To have him hung in the story was the right thing.
I loved the ending and you did an excellent job!!
Thanks again for sharing another story with me, Andrej, I appreciated it and if the rest of your stories are just as thoughtful then you are an excellent writer!
Thanks for sharing another great book of yours!!
Loving friendship, hugs, Geno
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Monday, 13 March 2006 |
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Dear Andrej,
Your brilliant erotic stories on the website have held my interest for weeks now.
I first read "Nunc Dimittis", a wonderful novel with well-drawn characters and some of the best male erotic writing I've read anywhere. The naturalness with which you approach the protagonist's, Andrea's, homosexual nature is truly inspiring, like nothing I've ever read before.
Then I read "Goldfinch," also fascinating and even more evocative of a culture I'm not familar with. Again, the homoerotic content seems perfectly natural and fully in tune with the novel's context.
I've just finished reading, "Italy Brothers 1 - The Corporal." It's by far my favorite of the three. The main character, Enzo, is brilliantly etched and his relationship with Ruggiero is written with such clear passion. The exciting and chaotic historical atmosphere of 19th Century Italy seems entirely realistic and the story moves forward with a steady pace. As in the other works I read, the erotic content seems natural and beautiful.
I am amazed at the English translation because it's fully correct yet retains some of the beautiful cadence of the Italian language.
Andrej, it seems to me that you have much in common with George Quaintance. He expressed his sexuality by visual means in his appealing paintings. You have done the same thing in writing - treating the homosexual experience as natural and beautiful with little regard for society's condemnations.
The ultimate test of male erotic writing is does it give you a hardon. Your stories most certainly do! But beyond that you have instilled the sexual with a spiritual and romantic beauty that I've read nowhere else. Your style is unique - clear, straightforward and honest, but rich in heart-felt humanity. It is far above the pornographic. It's true erotica.
I'm recommending your website and your stories to all my gay and bisexual male friends.
Sincerely,
John
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Friday, 13 January 2006 |
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Hey Andrej,
Well, I finally finished Goldfinch. I loved the parts about all the 'good' men who loved each other, but I found the rape scenes a bit heavy. I understand that they were necessary for the story, but I m not that rough myself, and I had to move on quickly.
I see that you posted another story - The Odd Couple. Sounds like my kind of thing, even though there is a great difference in ages between the main characters. Of course, not being able to see them, lessens the difference, so I go along and enjoy it.
Best wishes and much love, my friend. You do good stuff.
Alastair
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Friday, 20 August 2004 |
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I have finished four of your stories: Goldfinch, Black Clover, The Boss' Toy and Happy Xmas Neil & Norman.
It is hard for me to pick my favorite between Goldfinch and Black Clover.
I really liked Goldie, your characterizations are good, and I felt I could see the characters in action reading the story. I was thrown off a little by the geography; I had trouble at times figuring out where Goldie was. Other than that, the story is good.
Black Clover, I think, is probably a shade more my favorite, after all. I recall reading chapters, then I would go home, and wonder where that book was with the Arabian story! Then I would have to shake myself to remember it is on the computer at work!
I feel you did an excellent job on the historical accuracy of the area and times in that story. I feel great that our hero succeeded and did well. Thanks for a great story.
Happy XMas... was the first story I read. I was slightly confused by the back and forth in time frames, at first, but I caught on. It was very realistic how you portrayed the slow blossoming of Neil and Norman's relationship, the confusion, back-tracking, and so on. Another great story!
The Boss' Toy, well, I am glad Sylvio got free of the horrible Don, but I have a hard time reading stories where children are abused/hurt in any way. Even movies showing kids getting hurt bother me. I know these are just stories, but I have a vivid imagination, and I get drawn into the plots as if they are real; that is why I get upset about kids being hurt/killed.
I have started the 7 Brothers story, I'll let you have feedback when I am done.
God bless you, and Matt: many long years together!!
James
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Monday, 17 July 2000 |
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Dear Andrej:
Well, my friend you continue to do it to me! You have reached into my soul again. Goldfinch is an absolutely beautiful depiction of the human spirit and what can transpire when we have the capacity to love someone without limit. On 4th July I wrote you to tell you how much your work has meant to me as a former book publisher and editor. Many, many of those books that I worked on through the years were inspirational classics, but, Andrej, none of them had ever brought me to tears like you have done. It is as though you have the exact formula to reach down into my and caress that part of which has been left buried for so long. As I would wipe the tears from my chin, I knew I was not alone. Thousands of men around the world have been given new hope by your creative genius to communicate the beauty of male love. As a dear friend of mine, a university professor in Rome, once said to me, "Sometimes I feel the Devil is playing games with me!" And that is how I have felt for most of my life. Being both gay and respectable is often a task which cannot be achieved. But through your beautiful work, I have gained new hope for the years ahead. I am able to walk with a smile on my face knowing that there is at least one man, pen named Andrej, some where out there in this exciting world who understands both the pains and the pleasures of those of us men who desperately need to be in love with another man.
Thank you again for touching my life. I wish you all the best in the years to come, and please forgive me for taking so much of your time with my rambling.
Yours sincerely, Paul
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Sunday, 12 September 1999 |
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Hello, Andrej.
My God, Goldfinch was a beautiful story. It has taken me four afternoons to complete reading it. I have seldom, I think, read such a touching story of the love between two men.
This story, in particular, touched me more deeply and personally than perhaps other men might have been touched by it. My great-grandfather was an abolitionist who opened his home, at peril of death, to be a stop on the Underground Railroad during the Civil War here in the U.S., in the 1860s. Our house, twenty miles west of Chicago, Illinois, was the last stop before the slaves reached the city on Lake Michigan where they boarded boats to continue the final step of their journey to Canada, and to freedom. I donated that house to the Lombard Historical Society three years ago next December. It has been restored to its 1837 condition and opened as the Sheldon Peck Museum on the 22nd August of this year.
If you want to visit my home page, with pictures of that period, the URL is http://pages.prodigy.net/allenf19/homepage.htm and if you want to visit the page of the Sheldon Peck Farmhouse, the URL is http://tccafe.com/apeck6/peck0.html
Well, thank you for sharing your story with us. I am keeping your web page address and will read more of your stories in the near future.
Success and prosper, sir.
Allen
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Sunday, 11 July 1999 |
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Dear Andrej
I will tell you that it is rare that I read stories because I find myself analyzing them, and I lose the magic (it's the same when I see a movie or go to the theater. Sad, but that's what happens...)
However, in your case, I found myself drawn in, and, if I may, I would like to download these treasures and savour them at length. Since they are translated, I am certain that they are more poignant in the original.
I read only 4 of your stories: Nunc dimittis, Cardellino, Il giocattolo del Boss, and Epistolario.
I found myself able to understand, but I am trying not to translate in my mind, and this makes the reading a task at present. However, and still, I found myself totally drawn in. You are a marvellous storyteller!
Now here's the truth: every summer, I go on a one-writer binge... I get everything s/he wrote, and I spend my time immersing myself into his/her world. So: I did not have such a project yet, and now, it is you (and, of course, reviving my knowledge della sua lingua).
With respect
Pierre
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Friday, 10 April 1998 |
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I am still impressed w/ the pictures you paint w/ your words in"Goldfinch". Not only the physical surroundings -- that is not so rare. I am talking about the pictures of the personalities, the way you bring the reader into the mind or the heart of each of your characters, whichever is necessary at the moment. This seems to be so effortless for you, and they seem so alive it is almost as if I could interact w/ them myself. They seem not to exist as words on a page, but as if I can look into the souls of real people. If I close my eyes I can almost believe they are standing right in front of me. I am just beginning to understand that this is the part of your style that calls to me, that draws me w/ an incredible power.
I think of the very minor character of the lone hunter foe. A simple phrase or two, and already I can sense how his day was spent and how he felt about it. I almost expect see his little children anxiously running to him to greet him and see what surprise he has returned w/ for their next meal. With a few more words, I understand how necessary he feels it is to dispense w/ whatever threat these 2 youngsters bring w/ their presence. I see his humility, his noble character, his commonality, his fear, and the arbitrariness of the event, all at the same time and w/ an extaordinary spareness in the narrative !
Tom
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Wednesday, 11 March 1998 |
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I LOVE this story ! Whenever I return to it, it is almost like going on vacation. I go to a bucolic world that is so "real", and visit w/ a lovely boy whose spirit is eager for adventure.
Yes, this story has the potential to be excellent in every way, in any language, because you know how to draw the reader into K's world, and how to keep the reader interested. I love Kutkhay.
Although I didn't have that feeling in the few chapters I saw in "Nunc Dimittis", except perhaps once or twice vaguely, in "Goldfinch" there is a little more "fleshing out" I would like to see. But I agree w/ you that you cannot say so much that the reader does not participate. For instance, when K has his first orgasm w/ Mokoa, he only refers to it in passing, and I would have expected to learn much more about how he felt about that experience. On the other hand, when K watches his brother having sex from up in the tree, you don't say very much either, but "speak volumes" about how K feels about the whole thing w/ only a very few words.
-- Tom
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