The Reddest Rose

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Romantic Love from the Ancient Greeks to Reality TV

By Liv Stromquist

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The Reddest Rose by Liv Strömquist explores the nature of romantic love through a series of well-researched, humorous comic essays. The book traces the history of how philosophers, artists, and thinkers—from Ancient Greece to modern figures like Beyoncé—have conceptualised love. Strömquist’s distinctive, flat, blocky illustrations and sharp dialogue between her signature characters guide readers through shifting societal values on love, questioning whether romantic love can survive in today’s rational, consumerist world.
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Ideal for readers interested in graphic novels with a blend of humour, philosophy, and social critique, particularly those curious about the cultural history of love and relationships.

The internationally acclaimed activist follows up her satirical work of graphic medicine with this collection of humorous comics essays about how historical and societal shifts have altered -- and perhaps destroyed -- "romantic love."

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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, conceptualised 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.

(Poet Hilda "H.D." Doolittle—who was so love-stricken by a man taking off his glasses that she believed they viewed dolphins together in another dimension—lends the book its title.)

Lord Byron, Socrates, Byung-Chul Han, Ezra Pound, Slavoj Žižek, Lou Andreas-Salomé, Ariadne, and many others have cameos. For the first time in English, in The Reddest Rose, Strömquist wonders: in a rationalist, consumerist world, can romantic love survive?

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781683964599

Publisher: Fantagraphics

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 13 December 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Fantagraphics

Illustration: 184 Illustrations

Contributors:

Translated by Melissa Bowers

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 174.0mm

Height: 246.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 184

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Adult Graphic Novels Fiction Graphic Novels Liv Stromquist

About the Author

Liv Strömquist was born in Sweden and lives in Malmö. She is a radio host with a degree in political science. An activist, her left-leaning, award-winning comics have been published in zines and magazines. Fruit of Knowledge has sold 40,000 copies in Sweden, been adapted for the stage, and has been published worldwide. Melissa Bowers is a translator and editor. She lives in Seattle, WA.