{"product_id":"the-living-realm-9780374621728","title":"The Living Realm by Tannahill, Jordan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAt once an unflinchingly beautiful novel about queer desire, summer days, and casual sex that is also an elegy to friendship, grief, and lovers lost. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Living Realm\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e belongs in the firmament of great gay fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e --Douglas Stuart, Booker Prize-winning author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn of John\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Strange, sexy, and sad, \u003ci\u003eThe Living Realm\u003c\/i\u003e goes to wild places while still feeling incredibly human.\" --Josh Silver, author of \u003ci\u003eFruit Fly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile cruising one evening by Teufelssee, a small glacial lake in the Grunewald forest on the edge of Berlin, a man spots a handsome stranger who bears an uncanny resemblance to his former lover. Only, Lukas died nearly thirty years ago. Yet the man cannot shake the feeling that it was really Lukas he saw. As the man spends a long, hot summer by the lake, he continues to encounter Lukas, and then other lost lovers as well. As he attempts to make sense of the strange occurrences and learns more of Teufelssee, he finds himself venturing deeper into the mystery of the forest, leading him to question not just his sanity but the nature of time itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten with the lyricism and erudition that have made Jordan Tannahill an internationally celebrated playwright, \u003ci\u003eThe Living Realm\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving, dreamlike novel and an elegy to the ways our lives become entangled with history, the natural world, and those we love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jordan Tannahill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374621728\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJordan Tannahill\u003c\/b\u003e is a playwright and a novelist. His debut novel, \u003ci\u003eLiminal\u003c\/i\u003e, received France's 2021 Prix des Jeunes Libraires. His second novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Listeners\u003c\/i\u003e, was short-listed for the 2021 Giller Prize and adapted into a limited series for the BBC. His most recent play, \u003ci\u003ePrince Faggot\u003c\/i\u003e, ran off-Broadway for seven months in 2025. He has twice won Canada's Governor General's Literary Award for Drama, and his work has been presented at venues including the Young Vic Theatre and Sadler's Wells in London, the Kitchen and Lincoln Center in New York City, the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, and elsewhere. He lives in New York City with his husband.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49046391914649,"sku":"9780374621728","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0572\/3367\/0297\/files\/9780374621728.jpg?v=1789679707","url":"https:\/\/bookmarksretail.store\/products\/the-living-realm-9780374621728","provider":"Bookmarks Retail","version":"1.0","type":"link"}