A01=Jacob Isräel de Haan
A19=Wim J. Simons
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
Author_Jacob Isräel de Haan
automatic-update
B06=Brian DoyleDu Breuil
Category1=Fiction
Category=FA
Category=FC
Category=FYT
classicgayliterature
COP=United Kingdom
Delivery_Pre-order
dutchclassic
dutchliterature
eq_isMigrated=2
europeanliterature
fatherandson
forgottenwork
gayfatherandsonfantasy
gayjewishfiction
gayliterature
gaynovel
gayperversion
gays&m
incestfantasy
jewishliterature
jewishtaboo
Language_English
lgbtqliterature
literaryrevival
literatureintranslation
PA=Not yet available
Price_€20 to €50
PS=Forthcoming
queerfiction
queerjewishfiction
queerliterature
queernovel
rediscoveredliterature
sadomasochism
sexualfantasy
sexualperversion
softlaunch
tabootopic
Product details
- ISBN 9781803093468
- Weight: 540g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 10 Sep 2024
- Publisher: Seagull Books London Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
Delivery/Collection within 10-20 working days
Our Delivery Time Frames Explained
2-4 Working Days: Available in-stock
10-20 Working Days: On Backorder
Will Deliver When Available: On Pre-Order or Reprinting
We ship your order once all items have arrived at our warehouse and are processed. Need those 2-4 day shipping items sooner? Just place a separate order for them!
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 Israël 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 René, 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.
At the start of the twentieth century, Jewish anti-Zionist Jacob Israël 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 René, 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.
Jacob Israël de Haan (1881–1924) was born into an Orthodox Jewish family in Smilde, Netherlands. Following the controversy surrounding his novels, De Haan emigrated to Palestine, where he was assassinated in 1924 by a member of a paramilitary organization. He is considered an important precursor of the gay liberation movement. Brian Doyle–Du Breuil is a translator of poetry, fiction, and literary nonfiction from Dutch/Flemish into English.
Qty: