Wayne Koestenbaum: My Lover, the Rabbi

UK 2026, 464 pp., brochure, € 24.95
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Granta Books
The rabbi is, to the untrained eye, far from desirable. Lofty and unkempt, aging and constantly losing members of his flock, he is nonetheless the singular object of obsession for the self-abjecting narrator of »My Lover, the Rabbi.« From the start of their psychosexual affair, the two men torment, pleasure, and manipulate each other with ardor. When they're apart, the ... Weiterlesen

Wayne Koestenbaum: The Queen's Throat

Opera, Homosexuality, and the Mystery of Desire. USA 2001, 271 pp. illustrated, brochure, € 49.95
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Da Capo Press
This passionate love letter to opera, lavishly praised and nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award when it was first published, is now firmly established as a cult classic. In a learned, moving, and sparklingly witty melange of criticism, subversion, and homage, Wayne Koestenbaum illuminates mysteries of fandom and obsession, and has created an exuberant work of personal meditation ... Weiterlesen