De Haan Jacob Israel
De Haan Jacob Israel - Pathologies The Downfall Of Johan Van Vere De With - Hardcover
De Haan Jacob Israel - Pathologies The Downfall Of Johan Van Vere De With - Hardcover
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Description: One of the first novels to openly explore gay love and eroticism Pathologies is a lost classic that is now translated into English for the first time. At the start of the twentieth century Jewish anti - Zionist Jacob Isra l de Haan led an eventful life as a poet journalist teacher and lawyer in the Netherlands. His autobiographical novella Pipelines caused a storm of controversy in 1904 with its portrayal of a subject that was considered scandalous at the time a romantic relationship between two young men. He lost his teaching job and the entire print run was pulped. In his iconic 1908 novel Pathologies he once again openly and radically explored the topic of homosexuality. The story centers around adolescent Johan who lives a secluded life with his father and their elderly housekeeper in a large house. For a while Johan has been plagued by erotic fantasies about his classmates. When to make matters worse he finds himself feeling attracted to his father first in a dream and then in real life he grows desperate. Johan moves out finding room and board with an older married couple in Haarlem where he meets Ren a young confident artist. Johan falls head - over - heels in love and the two men enter a sadomasochistic relationship that soon begins to spiral out of control. Johan is one of world literature's most tragic troubled young heroes at par with Goethe's Werther and Dostoevsky's Raskolnikov. His struggle to come to terms with his fantasies and desires rife with taboos that continue to resonate today forms the beating heart of this daring novel. Written in De Haan's precise lyrical prose Pathologies has lost none of its force more than a century after it was first published.
Title: Pathologies The Downfall Of Johan Van Vere De With
Author(s): De Haan Jacob Israel
Publisher: Seagull Books London Ltd
Barcode: 9781803093468
Pages: 352 Pages
Publication Date: 5/6/2024
Series: The Pride List
Category: Fiction In Translation
Description: One of the first novels to openly explore gay love and eroticism Pathologies is a lost classic that is now translated into English for the first time. At the start of the twentieth century Jewish anti - Zionist Jacob Isra l de Haan led an eventful life as a poet journalist teacher and lawyer in the Netherlands. His autobiographical novella Pipelines caused a storm of controversy in 1904 with its portrayal of a subject that was considered scandalous at the time a romantic relationship between two young men. He lost his teaching job and the entire print run was pulped. In his iconic 1908 novel Pathologies he once again openly and radically explored the topic of homosexuality. The story centers around adolescent Johan who lives a secluded life with his father and their elderly housekeeper in a large house. For a while Johan has been plagued by erotic fantasies about his classmates. When to make matters worse he finds himself feeling attracted to his father first in a dream and then in real life he grows desperate. Johan moves out finding room and board with an older married couple in Haarlem where he meets Ren a young confident artist. Johan falls head - over - heels in love and the two men enter a sadomasochistic relationship that soon begins to spiral out of control. Johan is one of world literature's most tragic troubled young heroes at par with Goethe's Werther and Dostoevsky's Raskolnikov. His struggle to come to terms with his fantasies and desires rife with taboos that continue to resonate today forms the beating heart of this daring novel. Written in De Haan's precise lyrical prose Pathologies has lost none of its force more than a century after it was first published.
Title: Pathologies The Downfall Of Johan Van Vere De With
Author(s): De Haan Jacob Israel
Publisher: Seagull Books London Ltd
Barcode: 9781803093468
Pages: 352 Pages
Publication Date: 5/6/2024
Series: The Pride List
Category: Fiction In Translation
