{"product_id":"antiquity-9781646221714","title":"Antiquity","description":"\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 \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catapult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/06\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646221714\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2023 pg. 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/20\/2023\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hanna Johansson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43397712085173,"sku":"9781646221714","price":22.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_b7b8116c-4bfc-41a4-a955-ad0eb26ba751.jpg?v=1702393080","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/antiquity-9781646221714","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}