The Reddest Rose (Graphic Novel)

Romantic Love from the Ancient Greeks to Reality TV

The Reddest Rose (Graphic Novel)
Liv Stromquist, Melissa Bowers
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NZ$ 49.99
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NZ$ 39.99
Trade Paperback
h236 x 172mm - 184pg
13 Dec 2022 US
International import eta 10-30 days
9781683964599
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The deceptively simple through-line for Swedish media personality and activist Liv Stroemquist' s The Reddest Rose is the question: Why does Leonardo DiCaprio date an endless string of 20-something models? Her answer-in the form of this collection of well-researched, humorous comics essays- tracks how philosophers and artists, from the Ancient Greeks to Beyonce, conceptualized romantic love. Stroemquist' s signature characters, drawn in a flat, blocky style, ask each other questions and offer sharp commentary as they guide readers throughout history and the change in societies' values, from showing love/loving to getting love/being loved. (Poet Hilda "H. D. " Doolittle-who was so love-stricken by a man taking off his glasses that she believed they viewed dolphins together in another dimension- lends the book its title. ) Lord Byron, Socrates, Byung-Chul Han, Ezra Pound, Slavoj Zizek, Lou Andreas-Salome, Ariadne, and many others have cameos. For the first time in English, in The Reddest Rose, Stroemquist wonders: in a rationalist, consumerist world, can romantic love survive?
[On Fruit of Knowledge]: Veers from the educational to the whimsical. . . --Hillary Chute "The New York Times"
Liv Stroemquist was born in Sweden and lives in Malmoe. She is a radio host with a degree in political science. An activist, her left-leaning, award-winning comics have been published in zines and magazines. Fruit of Knowledge has sold 40,000 copies in Sweden, been adapted for the stage, and has been published worldwide. Melissa Bowers is a translator and editor. She lives in Seattle.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781683964599
Published: 13 Dec 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Fantagraphics
Publisher: Fantagraphics
Format: Trade Paperback
Height: 236mm
Width: 172mm
Pages: 184

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