Summary
What if, instead of discovering our sexuality only once, during puberty, we discover it again later—and then again, after that? What if our sexuality reinvents itself every time our desire shifts, every time the object of our desire changes? What if the nature of our desire is constantly changing—growing deeper, lighter, wilder, more reckless, more tender, more selfish, more devoted, more radical?
How We Desire is an enthralling essay about gender, sexuality and love by one o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781925603613 |
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| ISBN-10: | 192560361X |
| Author: | Carolin Emcke |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Text Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 28 May 2018 |
| Weight: | 344g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 153mm |
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Critics Review
‘Delicate and vulnerable, angry, passionate, clever and thoughtful. An amazing work.’ * Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung *
‘Her words tremble with fury…A compelling conversation, urging readers to rethink the borderlands of the erotic.’ * Australian *
‘Huge intellect and tremendous energy.’ * Radio NZ *
‘Hypnotic.’ * Sydney Morning Herald *
‘A beautiful account of discovering and rediscovering one’s identity.’ * Otago Daily Times *
About The Author
Carolin Emcke
Carolin Emcke was born in 1967. She studied philosophy, politics and history in London, Frankfurt and at Harvard. From 1998 to 2013 she reported from war and crisis zones including Kosovo, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Gaza and Haiti. She has written a number of books, and in 2016 she received the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, which has also been won by Svetlana Alexievich, Orhan Pamuk and Susan Sontag. How We Desire is the first book by Carolin Emcke to be translated into English.
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