{"product_id":"the-courtesan-jamaica","title":"La cortesana Jamaica","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat happens when the longing for love pulls against comfort, duty, and good sense?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Courtesan Jamaica, Hans Bethge brings together six tales of desire, jealousy, and the bittersweet search for love. These short stories belong to the world of early twentieth-century German writing, where questions of love, taste, and feeling come to the fore. Affection is the hope; the troubles that follow desire give that hope its uneasy edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBethge is a poet as well as a storyteller, and this collection invites you to read for mood rather than speed. Its central concerns are intimate: the pull toward another person, the fear of losing them, and the price of wanting love. Let each tale hold your attention on its own, without the sprawling demands of a long novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eInside this book\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDesire with a price\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore the tension between the pull of affection and the claims of duty.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJealousy close at hand\u003c\/strong\u003e – Consider how fear of loss shadows the longing to be loved.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA poet's ear\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet the prose of a writer whose work also embraces poetry.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSix brief encounters\u003c\/strong\u003e – Give each short tale room to draw you into its mood.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLove's uneasy questions\u003c\/strong\u003e – Spend time with desire, feeling, and the bittersweet pursuit of affection.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who love short fiction about love and its troubles, and older European writing with a poet's ear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page now, and give Bethge's world of longing your unhurried attention.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534714929500,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/13089_en_ebook-front_c04.jpg?v=1792175125","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/es\/products\/la-cortesana-jamaica","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}