Description
At a cafe in Budapest, Oswald, a British ambassador in his thirties, meets the young, handsome Imre, a Hungarian military officer. The two develop a strong friendship through their shared interest in art, but as their relationship grows more serious, they begin spending hours upon hours sharing their innermost secrets.
Eventually, their friendship turns to romance, a partnership between equals who respect and cherish one another despite the obstacles of an intensely homophobic society.
Published in a time when homosexuality was largely criminalized,
offered a hopeful narrative immersed in gay history that would prove both inspiring and instructional for generations to come.
About the book
is a novel by
. Originally published in 1906 and written while
was living as an expatriate in Europe, the novel is a ground-breaking, positive story of romance between two men.
Throughout his career,
sought to dispel falsehoods surrounding the history of homosexuality. Writing under the pseudonym
took great care to insulate himself from the reprisal common to the period in which he worked.
Despite the initial printing being limited to only 500 copies Prime-Stevenson is now recognized as a pioneering advocate for the rights of the LGBTQI community.
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