The reddest rose

romantic love from the ancient Greeks to reality TV

The reddest rose

romantic love from the ancient Greeks to reality TV
Liv Strömquist ; translated by Melissa Bowers ; editor Gary Groth
Book - 2022

"The deceptively simple through-line for Swedish media personality and activist Liv Strömquist's The Reddest Rose is the question: Why does Leonardo DiCaprio date an endless string of 20-something models? Her answer -- in the form of this collection of well-researched, humorous comics essays -- tracks how philosophers and artists, from the Ancient Greeks to Beyoncé, conceptualized romantic love. Strömquist's signature characters, drawn in a flat, blocky style, ask each other questions and offer sharp commentary as they guide readers throughout history and the change in societies' values, from showing love/loving to getting love/being loved. Strömquist wonders: in a rationalist, consumerist world, can romantic love survive?"--

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37413320541636 Available Graphic literature 152.41 STROMQU
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Strömquist, Liv, 1978- (Author, Illustrator)
Other Authors: Bowers, Melissa (Translator), Groth, Gary (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, Inc., [2022]
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