{"product_id":"wings-by-mikhail-kuzmin","title":"Wings by Mikhail Kuzmin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA key text in the history of gay literature, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was published in 1906 to the scandalised reaction of contemporary society and the generations which followed. Its central theme of aestheticised sensuality has drawn comparisons with the work of contemporaries Oscar Wilde and André Gide. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe young Vanya Smurov is deeply attached to his mentor, Dr. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLarion Stroop, and to the world of Renaissance art which the latter reveals to him. Initially appalled by the sudden discovery of Stroop's homosexual leanings, Vanya abandons him to pursue a “normal” heterosexual existence. In turn disgusted by ensuing encounters, he returns to Dr. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStroop and accompanies him to Italy where he begins his real education—both in the world of art, and that of hedonism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eForeword by \u003cstrong\u003ePaul Bailey\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTranslated from the Russian by \u003cstrong\u003eHugh Aplin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pushkin House Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56897445790074,"sku":null,"price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0510\/3406\/3009\/files\/9781843914310.jpg?v=1779124461","url":"https:\/\/shop.pushkinhouse.org\/products\/wings-by-mikhail-kuzmin","provider":"Pushkin House Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}