{"product_id":"9781922585752","title":"Antiquity","description":"Author: Johansson, Hanna \u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781922585752 \u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Scribe Publications \u003cbr\u003eYear First Published: 2024 \u003cbr\u003ePages: 224 \u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 209mm x 136mm x 16mm \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElegant, slippery, and provocative, \u003ci\u003eAntiquity\u003c\/i\u003e is a queer Lolita story by prize-winning Swedish author Hanna Johansson - a story of desire, power, obsession, observation, and taboo.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAntiquity\u003c\/i\u003e follows its unnamed narrator, a lonely woman in her thirties who becomes enamoured of a chic older artist, Helena, after interviewing her for a magazine. Helena invites the narrator to join her in the Greek city of Ermoupoli where she summers with her teenage daughter Olga. At first an object of jealousy, Olga morphs into an object of desire as the pull of Helena is transposed onto her daughter and the prospect of becoming someone's first, if perverse, lover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith echoes of \u003ci\u003eDeath in Venice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCall Me by Your Name\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Lover\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLolita\u003c\/i\u003e, but wholly original and contemporary, \u003ci\u003eAntiquity\u003c\/i\u003e probes the depths of memory, power, and the narratives that arrange our experience of the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEntrancing and calamitous, \u003ci\u003eAntiquity\u003c\/i\u003e dreams deeply into the shadows of desire and obsession. A precise and mysterious spell of a book.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Rachel Yoder, author of \u003ci\u003eNightbitch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'In \u003ci\u003eAntiquity\u003c\/i\u003e, Hanna Johansson probes the most forbidden recesses of desire, ageing, and memory in sentences as lucent and incisive as shards of glass. Wily, mesmeric, and utterly disarming, this fabulously translated novel held me captive from the very first page, and its questions and images will linger in my blood for a long time. Rarely have I felt so transported and beguiled by a book, let alone a debut. Don't miss it.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Maggie Millner, author of \u003ci\u003eCouplets- a love story\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A wonderful novel written with the menacing elegance of a cat burglar working in the shadows and at great heights.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Catherine Lacey, author of \u003ci\u003eBiography of X\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45667913072798,"sku":"UBD-9781922585752","price":27.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781922585752.jpg?v=1751332498","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781922585752","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}