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Theirs was a love that defied the gods... Eros, daughter to the goddess Aphrodite, has the ability to change her gender at will, much to the displeasure of Zeus. When Psyche is sacrificed by her parents to a ''monstrous husband'' to appease Aphrodite''s envy at her beauty, she discovers that her husband is in fact female - but her initial trepidation is soon replaced with joy when the two fall deeply in love and Eros teaches her what passion truly means. Eros only visits her new bride under cover of darkness and will not permit her face to be seen. Overwhelmed by love, lust and curiosity, Psyche is tempted to break her vow and sneak a look by lamplight... A gloriously anarchic and seductive retelling of the myth of Psyche and Eros, this is Carolina De Robertis'' masterpiece: groundbreaking, gender-fluid and hugely enjoyable.
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'A brilliant and luminous writer' Madeline Miller, author of THE SONG OF ACHILLES and CIRCE
'A natural storyteller' WASHINGTON POST
'De Robertis's writing harnesses... physicality and sexual energy'WALL STREET JOURNAL
'The Palace of Eros is a_riveting, sublime, magical, and wildly subversive meditation on love, sex, mythology, and belonging ... brilliant and beautiful and erotic and insightful and unlike anything I've ever read. I couldn't ask for more' Cristina_García
'Effortlessly lyrical sentences' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
'De Robertis deserves to share fans with the likes of Isabel Allende... masterly storytelling' LIBRARY JOURNAL
'Caro De Robertis casts a bright light with all their work...Their voice is what we need to bring us back to wholeness' Luis Alberto Urrea
'Caro De Robertis is the reason I read. It's impossible not to fall in love with their characters, who are fierce, courageous and adventurous. Their powerful storytelling captivates the reader from start to finish' Angie Cruz
'Caro De Robertis is a force: prepare to be astonished' R.O. Kwon
'An engrossing queer retelling... Admirers of Madeline Miller will be pleased' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
'This lyrical, evocative retelling is at once intimate and expansive in De Robertis' masterful hands' Jen St. Jude, The Chicago Review of Books
'Magnificent... THE PALACE OF EROS builds on a long history of trans and queer people rewriting history to expand the notion of what's possible... an incredible and beautiful ode to this history' Julián Delgado Lopera, Electric Literature
