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Phallos
by Samuel R. Delany
ISBN: 0917453417
ISBN-13: 9780917453410
Format: Paperback
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"For all its brevity, the novel's complex narrative will have readers delightfully paging back to earlier sections to better understand Neoptolomus's many-storied journey of self-discovery." -- John Garrison
-- Gay & Lesbian Review
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Bamberger Books
Published date: 2004
Size: 6 x 9 inches
Weight: 0.44 pounds
Pages: 95
Publisher's Notes
PHALLOS is the tale of a tale, recounting the pursuit of mystic knowledge throughout the Mediterranean in the reign of the emperor Hadrian. From Egypt to Syracuse, from Rome to Lutetia (the Roman name if ancient Paris), from Athens and the Piraeus to Byzantium, to the Pillars of Hercules and back, filled with wit and erudition--and deeply homoerotic--this is a Lacanian riddle to delight--and, indeed, to intrigue--the growing number of admirers of Delany's more recent fiction, *Hogg* (1995), *The Mad Man* (1996), and his Return to Neveryon seruies (1978-87).
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