Antiquity

On a Greek island rich with ancient beauty, a lonely woman in her thirties upends the relationship between a mother and her teenage daughter. Lust and admiration for Helena, a chic older artist, bringsAntiquitys unnamed narrator to Ermoupoli, where Helenas daughter, Olga, seems at first like an obstacle and a nuisance. But the unpredictable forces of ego and desire take over, leading our narrator down a more dangerous path, and causing the roles of lover and beloved, child and adult, stranger and intimate to become distorted. As the months go by, the fragile web connecting the three women nears rupture, and the ominous consequences of their entanglement loom just beyond a summer that must end.

With echoes ofDeath in Venice,Call Me by Your Name, andThe Lover, but wholly original and contemporary,Antiquityprobes the depths of memory, beauty, morality, and the narratives that arrange our experience of the world.

Hardcover, Feb 6th 2024