{"product_id":"antiquity-hardcover","title":"Antiquity - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHanna Johansson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKira Josefsson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElegant, slippery, and provocative, \u003ci\u003eAntiquity\u003c\/i\u003e is a queer \u003ci\u003eLolita\u003c\/i\u003e story by prize-winning Swedish author Hanna Johansson--a story of desire, power, obsession, observation, and taboo\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn a Greek island rich with ancient beauty, a lonely woman in her thirties upends the relationship between a mother and her teenage daughter. Lust and admiration for Helena, a chic older artist, brings \u003ci\u003eAntiquity\u003c\/i\u003e's unnamed narrator to Ermoupoli, where Helena's daughter, Olga, seems at first like an obstacle and a nuisance. But the unpredictable forces of ego and desire take over, leading our narrator down a more dangerous path, and causing the roles of lover and beloved, child and adult, stranger and intimate to become distorted. As the months go by, the fragile web connecting the three women nears rupture, and the ominous consequences of their entanglement loom just beyond a summer that must end. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith echoes of \u003ci\u003eDeath in Venice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCall Me by Your Name\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Lover\u003c\/i\u003e, but wholly original and contemporary, \u003ci\u003eAntiquity\u003c\/i\u003e probes the depths of memory, beauty, morality, and the narratives that arrange our experience of the world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHANNA JOHANSSON\u003c\/b\u003e is a Swedish writer and critic who writes on such topics as art, literature, and queer issues. \u003ci\u003eAntiquity\u003c\/i\u003e, her debut novel, won the 2021 Katapultpris and was short-listed for the Bor蚶 Tidning Debutant Prize. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKIRA JOSEFSSON\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and translator working between English and Swedish. She is the recipient of grants from the PEN\/Heim Translation Fund and the Swedish Arts Council. She writes about the intersection of politics, literature, and identity for both Swedish and English-language publications.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 8.55 x 5.85 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 06, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758993768736,"sku":"9781646221714","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/558dc092224fe2b04fb2198cf3ef7f1c.webp?v=1780140658","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/antiquity-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}