{"product_id":"an-army-of-lovers-cannot-fail-paperback","title":"An Army of Lovers Cannot Fail - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHélène Giannecchini\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnna Moschovakis\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA slantwise account of queer life in the twentieth century and a testament to the liberatory power of friendship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eA friendship is a filiation we choose. It holds love and laughter; it can extend our sense of the possible. Moved to honour a form of relation often subordinated to romantic and familial ties, and to explore a part of her own history, Hélène Giannecchini pieces together an alternative genealogy of queer ancestors. In searching and sensitive prose, she sifts the past to bring existences deemed 'marginal' into communion with each other, traces of which may remain only in memory and archival fragments. Roving from Casa Susanna, a space of freedom from persecution in McCarthyite North America, to the diary of a man living with HIV in France, and to the life and work of pioneering lesbian photographer Donna Gottschalk, each narrative counters oblivion through loving acts of witness. A slantwise gathering of queer life and activism in the twentieth century, interspersed with images encountered by chance, \u003ci\u003eAn Army of Lovers Cannot Fail\u003c\/i\u003e establishes friendship as a vital political force and offers a moving testament to its liberatory power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHélène Giannecchini\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, curator and lecturer on history and contemporary art theory at the University of Lille. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eUne image peut-être vraie\u003c\/i\u003e (2014, published in English as \u003ci\u003eAlix Cléo Roubaud: A Portrait In Fragments\u003c\/i\u003e, tr. Thea Petrou), \u003ci\u003eVoir de ses propres yeux\u003c\/i\u003e (2020) and \u003ci\u003eAn Army of Lovers Cannot Fail\u003c\/i\u003e (2024), all published in France by Éditions du Seuil. Her current research focusses on the visual history of gender minority groups in the latter half of the twentieth century. Hélène Giannecchini is based in Paris, France. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnna Moschovakis\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, novelist and translator. Her translation of David Diop's novel \u003ci\u003eAt Night All Blood Is Black\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2021 International Booker Prize. Her most recent book is the novel\u003ci\u003e An Earthquake Is a Shaking of the Surface of the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e and other books include: \u003ci\u003eParticipation\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eEleanor, or, the Rejection of the Progress of Love\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThey and We Will Get Into Trouble for This\u003c\/i\u003e; and, \u003ci\u003eYou and Three Others Are Approaching a Lake\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a longtime member of the publishing collective Ugly Duckling Presse and a co-founder of Bushel Collective, an experimental mixed-use space dedicated to arts, agriculture, ecology, and action in Delhi, New York. Anna Moschovakis is based in New York.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 204\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46184773550124,"sku":"9781804272220","price":21.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/B3aLHw-70Y9781804272220.webp?v=1789609895","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/an-army-of-lovers-cannot-fail-paperback","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}