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The palace of Eros / Caro de Robertis.
"A bold retelling of the traditional Greek myth of Psyche and Eros through a queer and feminist lens, grappling with the complex and thorny questions of how to harness the power of female and queer joy and cultivate freedom in a world that seeks to cage us"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781668035238 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 304 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Primero Sueño Press hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Primero Sueño Press/Atria, 2024.
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| Subject: | Eros (Greek deity) > Fiction. Psyche (Greek deity) > Fiction. Goddesses, Greek > Fiction. Young women > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Queer fiction. Historical fiction. Mythological fiction. Novels. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | FIC DeRob | 31681010384535 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
A feminist retelling of the Greek myth of Psyche and Eros explores the power of queer joy and freedom. - Baker & Taylor
"A bold retelling of the traditional Greek myth of Psyche and Eros through a queer and feminist lens, grappling with the complex and thorny questions of how to harness the power of female and queer joy and cultivate freedom in a world that seeks to cage us"-- - Simon and Schuster
âItâs a literary gift to see gender expansiveness depicted in an ancient myth with such grace and ease.â âElectric Literature
Fans of Circe and Black Sun, âprepare to be astonishedâ (R.O. Kwon, author of The Incendiaries) with this bold and subversive feminist and queer retelling of the Greek myth of Psyche and Eros.
Young, headstrong Psyche has captured the eyes of every suitor in town with her tempestuous beauty, which has made her irresistible as a woman yet undesirable as a wife. Secretly, she longs for a life away from the expectations of men. When her father realizes that the future of his family and town will be forever cursed unless he appeases an enraged Aphrodite, he follows the orders of the Oracle, tying Psyche to a rock to be ravaged by a monstrous husband. And yet a monster never arrives.
When Eros, nonbinary deity of desire, sees Psyche, she cannot fulfill her promise to her mother Aphrodite to destroy the mortal young woman. Instead, Eros devises a plan to sweep Psyche away to a palace, hidden from the prying eyes of the gods and outside world. There, Eros and Psyche fall in love. Each night, Eros visits Psyche under the cover of impenetrable darkness, where they both experience untold passion and love. But each morning, Eros flies away before light comes to break the spell of the palace that keeps them safe.
Before long, Psycheâs nights spent in pleasure turn to days filled with doubts, as she grapples with the cost of secrecy and the complexities of freedom and desire. Restless and spurred by her sisters to reveal Erosâs true nature, she breaks her trust and forces a reckoning that tests them bothâand transforms the very heavens in this âbrilliant and luminousâ (Madeline Miller, New York Times bestselling author) epic.
