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Mikaël

by Herman Bang

Translations into GermanDanish literatureLGBTQ fiction before Stonewall

In Paris at the end of the 19th century, the painter Claude Zoret leads a life of celebrity and luxury with his protégé, the young Czech Mikaël. They are at the same time father and adopted son, teacher and student, painter and model, and lovers. Everything is going well until, unfortunately, the young man falls madly in love with the Russian princess, Lucia Zamikov.

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Book data: Open Library