300,000 Kisses
Tales of Queer Love from the Ancient World
$52.00
- Hardcover
208 pages
- Release Date
6 November 2023
Summary
A landmark illustrated anthology of queer Ancient Greek and Roman love stories.
For centuries, evidence of queer love in the ancient world was ignored or suppressed. Even today, only a few, famous narratives are widely known - yet there’s a rich literary tradition of Greek and Roman love that extends far beyond this handful of stories.
Here, the poet Sean Hewitt and painter Luke Edward Hall collect together, for the first time, forty of the most exhilarating queer tales in the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241575734 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241575737 |
| Author: | Luke Edward Hall, Seán Hewitt |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Particular Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 6 November 2023 |
| Weight: | 649g |
| Dimensions: | 220mm x 158mm x 24mm |
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Critics Review
This lithe, rich anthology of stunning poetry and beguiling stories of queer love from the ancient world pulses with desire, lust, loss and seduction… Scintillating… An essential addition to any library – Uli Lenart * Attitude magazine *
About The Author
Luke Edward Hall
Luke Edward Hall (Author)
Luke Edward Hall is an English artist, designer and columnist working across multiple disciplines. His philosophy is shaped by a love of storytelling, fantasy and romanticism. He lives in London and Gloucestershire.
Sean Hewitt (Author)
Sean Hewitt was born in 1990. He is the author of two poetry collections, Tongues of Fire and Rapture’s Road, and a memoir, All Down Darkness Wide. He collaborated with the artist Luke Edward Hall on 300,000 Kisses- Tales of Queer Love from the Ancient World. Hewitt has received the Laurel Prize and the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature and been shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. He lectures at Trinity College Dublin and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
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