Agnete Holk (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 2nd Edition. the jacket is torn, worn and chipped on the spine and the front. shelf rubbed. marked. the front end page has been removed. tanning. internally clean and tightly bound. [P.O.]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback. 1st paperback. Age darkening to page edges, otherwise very good.

first edition in engl. 272pp VG+ (red cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,sl.paste action to eps,edges sl.soiled) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and stained,spine sl.sunned,sl.bumps and chipping to extrems.incl.4cm closed tear to head of upper hinge,internal tape repair at head of spine,price-clipped).

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Near Fine octavo. 272pp., Lesbian novel, Ownership signature o/w nice tight, clean copy.

dj. First Edition. Holk, Agnete. The Straggler, 1954, brought Holk's Danish lesbian novel Et Vildskud to English-language readers thirteen years after its original publication in 1941. The novel follows Vita Storm from her early attachment to Hilda through relationships with other women, including her experiences within Berlin's lesbian culture, before returning to Hilda and establishing a domestic life with her. Unlike many twentieth-century novels that concluded lesbian narratives through punishment, separation, or death, Holk allows Vita and Hilda to form a lasting relationship and family. The novel's English publication also records contemporary attitudes toward homosexuality: the dust-jacket copy describes homosexual people as "abnormal fellow humans" while acknowledging the growing public discussion of homosexuality in the British press. Holk, Agnete. The Straggler. London: Arco Publications Limited, 1954. First English edition, translated from the Danish by Anthony Hinton. 272 pages. Original hardcover in publisher's illustrated dust jacket. 8vo, measuring 6 x 8¾ inches. The Guy Nicholls dust-jacket illustration depicts two women against a vivid red background. The flap explicitly connects publication to contemporary debate: "Since the translation of this Danish novel was first commissioned over a year ago, the problem of homosexuality has acquired considerable prominence in the Press." The narrative traces Vita's relationships with Hilda, Irene, and Natascha, including her encounter with Berlin lesbian nightlife, before Vita and Hilda reunite following Hilda's failed marriage. The book was subsequently issued in the United States as Strange Friends in 1955. Marion Zimmer Bradley and Barbara Grier included The Straggler in their early bibliography of lesbian and homosexual fiction, and Grier later assigned it A*** in Lesbians in Literature, denoting substantial lesbian content. The novel's 1954 translation placed a Danish lesbian narrative first published during the Second World War before a new English-language readership, preserving both Holk's comparatively affirmative conclusion and the pathologizing vocabulary used to market homosexuality in postwar Britain. Dust jacket with loss at the upper left corner and minor chipping along the upper and outer edges; overall very good condition.…