How We Desire (Paperback)

Carolin Emcke

ISBN 10: 192560361X / ISBN 13: 9781925603613

Published by Text Publishing, Melbourne, 2018

About this Item

Paperback. What if, instead of discovering our sexuality only once, during puberty, we discover it again laterand 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 changinggrowing 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 of Germanys most admired writers. Its about growing up, and discovering the contours of desire and difference, about understanding that we sometimes slip into norms the way we slip into clothes, putting them on because theyre laid out ready for us.In telling her own story, Emcke draws back the veil on how we experience desire, no matter what our sexual orientation. And she examines how prejudice against homosexuality has survived its decriminalisation in the west.This marvellous book pays homage to the radical magic and liberating tenderness of desire itself. A genre-busting, thoughtful and highly readable exploration of sexuality and identity by one of Germany's most admired writers. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: How We Desire (Paperback)
• Publisher: Text Publishing, Melbourne
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 192560361X
• ISBN 13: 9781925603613
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Emcke, a former war correspondent, turns her reporter’s eye to her own experiences, exploring questions about identity, sexuality and love. Emcke draws back the veil on how we experience desire, no matter what our sexual orientation. 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 the object of our desire changes? Emcke also examines how prejudice against homosexuality has survived its decriminalization in the west.

About the Author

Carolin Emcke worked as a war correspondent for Der Spiegel for fifteen years. She reported from war and crisis zones including the Gaza Strip, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq. Her reportage is critically acclaimed in Germany, where she has previously published a number of books. In 2016 she received the German Book Trade’s Peace Prize, an award previously won by Svetlana Alexievich, Susan Sontag and Margaret Atwood.