In the name of desire
By: João Silvério Trevisan ; translated by Ben De Witte and João Nemi Neto
Contributors: De Witte, Ben, 1982- translator; Neto, João Nemi, translator
Edition: First paperback edition
Publisher: Sundial House
Published: 2022
Place of publication: New York; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9798985771329
Copyright date: 2022
Work titles: Em Nome do Desejo
Notes: Novel

"In the Name of Desire has been one of the most successful gay novels in Brazil since it was first released in Portuguese in the 1980s (Em Nome Do Desejo). This is its first translation into English, after almost four decades in print. The novel traces the remembrances of a man who returns to the seminary where he studied as a child. This visit, thirty years after his sudden departure, evokes stirring memories of his time there: his first love, nascent homosexual desire, the metaphorical agony of Catholic rituals, and the physical harm inflicted by peers and priests alike. As he revisits the halls, his memory wanders throughout the seminary, creating a narrative both liturgical and profane." --Back cover