Eros

'A stunning debut' GUARDIAN 'A feast of gender-bending pleasures' THE BIG ISSUE She keeps her eyes on me while she lights the end of my cigarette. I stare back at her. Something in the pills and in her eyes is opening up my muscles like hands parting from prayer, like trees breathing. EROS is a stunning collection of short stories, grounded in truth and coloured with dazzling imagination and alluring, unpredictable mystery. Revealing how queerness, nature and myth have been intertwined for eternity, these are stories of gods and goddesses. Of Zeus, of Eurydice, of Hermaphroditus, of Icarus before he flew into the sun. Stories of queer life, lust, revenge, wrath, passion and sex. Of yearning, love, loss. Some transformations span across a life, and others, an evening. Perspectives will shift. Houses will burn. Lovers will learn their fate. Zoe Terakes has skilfully blended myth and modernity to illuminate the complex and enduring truth of trans lives, resisting a history of erasure and delivering a sexy, soul-touching book to read to your lover . . . or yourself. 'Transness is not an abnormality of nature but a necessity of it. You'll find that refrain woven into EROS 's tapestry, stitched into the way characters dive into the ocean, like they are returning to it' VOGUE

'A stunning debut' GUARDIAN 'A feast of gender-bending pleasures' THE BIG ISSUE She keeps her eyes on me while she lights the end of my cigarette. I stare back at her. Something in the pills and in her eyes is opening up my muscles like hands parting from prayer, like trees breathing. EROS is a stunning collection of short stories, grounded in truth and coloured with dazzling imagination and alluring, unpredictable mystery. Revealing how queerness, nature and myth have been intertwined for eternity, these are stories of gods and goddesses. Of Zeus, of Eurydice, of Hermaphroditus, of Icarus before he flew into the sun. Stories of queer life, lust, revenge, wrath, passion and sex. Of yearning, love, loss. Some transformations span across a life, and others, an evening. Perspectives will shift. Houses will burn. Lovers will learn their fate. Zoe Terakes has skilfully blended myth and modernity to illuminate the complex and enduring truth of trans lives, resisting a history of erasure and delivering a sexy, soul-touching book to read to your lover . . . or yourself. 'Transness is not an abnormality of nature but a necessity of it. You'll find that refrain woven into EROS 's tapestry, stitched into the way characters dive into the ocean, like they are returning to it' VOGUE

Hvad taler vi om når vi taler om Eros? Den oldgræske poesis kærlighedsbegreber er kropsligt forankrede og forbløffende forskelligartede. Eros har ikke ét ansigt, men mange. Heteroseksualitet, homoseksualitet og biseksualitet er ikke skarptskårne kategorier i en græsk sammenhæng. Andre spørgsmål påkalder sig de elskendes interesse: Er lysten hård, blød, varm, kold, stor, lille, passiv, aktiv, blid, aggressiv, glat, behåret, vedblivende eller flygtig? Og så er den græske Eros en komisk affære: Med disse nye læsninger – og nye oversættelser – af erotikkens billedsprog rammes moderne menneskers nyttetænkning lystigt af Eros' nytteløse ønske om et "nu-igen!". Forfatter Elisabeth Friis (f. 1973) er magister og ph.d. i litteraturvidenskab. Fra 2011 lektor på Lunds Universitet. Medredaktør af det danske tidsskrift KRITIK.

Elani Stewart hasn't believed in "true love" or fairytale endings since her parents' divorce. It's one of the reasons she developed her dating service "E-romantic", a scientific algorithm based process that matches one person to their most compatible partners. ¿ When clients start dropping like flies, claiming that a bartender at The Arrow led them to the "love of their lives", she decides to take matters into her own hands or risk being clientless. Little does she know she's up against the god of love and passion himself. ¿ If she can open herself to the possibilities and listen to destiny's call she may learn to trust in love again and "soar" to new heights.¿

Elani Stewart hasn't believed in "true love" or fairytale endings since her parents' divorce. It's one of the reasons she developed her dating service "E-romantic", a scientific algorithm based process that matches one person to their most compatible partners. ¿ When clients start dropping like flies, claiming that a bartender at The Arrow led them to the "love of their lives", she decides to take matters into her own hands or risk being clientless. Little does she know she's up against the god of love and passion himself. ¿ If she can open herself to the possibilities and listen to destiny's call she may learn to trust in love again and "soar" to new heights.¿

A sexy modern take on ancient Greek myths. She keeps her eyes on me while she lights the end of my cigarette. I stare back at her. Something in the pills and in her eyes is opening up my muscles like hands parting from prayer, like trees breathing. Eros is a stunning collection of short stories, grounded in truth and coloured with dazzling imagination and alluring, unpredictable mystery. Revealing how queerness, nature and myth have been intertwined for eternity, these are stories of gods and goddesses. Of Zeus, of Eurydice, of Hermaphroditus, of Icarus before he flew into the sun. Stories of queer life, lust, revenge, wrath, passion and sex. Of yearning, love, loss. Some transformations span across a life, and others, an evening. Perspectives will shift. Houses will burn. Lovers will learn their fate. Zoe Terakes has skilfully blended myth and modernity to illuminate the complex and enduring truth of trans lives, resisting a history of erasure and delivering a sexy, soul-touching book to read to your lover . . . or yourself. 'Goddamn, these stories set my queer heart alight. In finally making queer and trans undertones of ancient Greek myth explicit, Zoe Terakes has forged something both classic and eternal, timely and timeless.' BENJAMIN LAW 'Fresh and timely . . . Immersive . . . Recommended for readers of Madeline Miller and Andrea Lawlor, this collection will not be easily forgotten.' BOOKS+PUBLISHING

A sexy modern take on ancient Greek myths. She keeps her eyes on me while she lights the end of my cigarette. I stare back at her. Something in the pills and in her eyes is opening up my muscles like hands parting from prayer, like trees breathing. Eros is a stunning collection of short stories, grounded in truth and coloured with dazzling imagination and alluring, unpredictable mystery. Revealing how queerness, nature and myth have been intertwined for eternity, these are stories of gods and goddesses. Of Zeus, of Eurydice, of Hermaphroditus, of Icarus before he flew into the sun. Stories of queer life, lust, revenge, wrath, passion and sex. Of yearning, love, loss. Some transformations span across a life, and others, an evening. Perspectives will shift. Houses will burn. Lovers will learn their fate. Zoe Terakes has skilfully blended myth and modernity to illuminate the complex and enduring truth of trans lives, resisting a history of erasure and delivering a sexy, soul-touching book to read to your lover . . . or yourself. 'Goddamn, these stories set my queer heart alight. In finally making queer and trans undertones of ancient Greek myth explicit, Zoe Terakes has forged something both classic and eternal, timely and timeless.' BENJAMIN LAW 'Fresh and timely . . . Immersive . . . Recommended for readers of Madeline Miller and Andrea Lawlor, this collection will not be easily forgotten.' BOOKS+PUBLISHING