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The Last of the Wine (Paperback)

by Mary Renault (Author)

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Paperback: 356 pages
Publisher: Arrow; New edition edition (July 27 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0099463555
ISBN-13: 978-0099463559
Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.8 cm
Shipping Weight: 241 g

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“Not since Robert Graves’ I, Claudius has there been such an exciting, living image of the ancient world on this grand a scale.” -- The New York Times Book Review

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The story of Alexias, a young Athenian from a good family who gets drawn in to the controversial teachings of Socrates and a participates in the Olympic Games -- all set against the background of famine, siege and civil conflict.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Mary Renault's Best Novel., May 28 2004

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Mary Renault has always been my favorite author ever since I read "The Persian Boy" as a teenager.However, it was "The Last Of The Wine" that demonstrated to me the sheer magic of Reanault's words, how she effortlessly can weave a few historical tidbits into a full-fledged epic novel.
The Last of the Wine, as are many of Mary Renault's greek novels is a homosexual-themed story of friendship,love and ultimately courage and sacrifice.It traces the story of 2 lovers,the handsome youth Alexias and his older friend Lysis.The story depicts in startlingly vivid images the Athenian siege by the army of Sparta and the plague epidemic that nearly devastated the cultural beacon that was Athens.How Alexias survived the siege is one of Mary Renault's finest moments of historical suspense.
The book has also some extremely explicit allusions to subjects considered taboo in the 1950's from latent Oedipus complex (Alexias and his step-mother) to gay love.
As a gay man, I also found this novel to be Mary Renault's most erotic.Gay sex is never once mentioned overtly but is alluded to many times in a way I found to be very sensual.The eroticism between Alexias and Lysis in a scene taking place on the seashore (where Lysis washed Alexias's feet)remains in my mind one of the most powerful depictions of gay love in any novel.Mary Renault knows more about what triggers a gay man than most gay male authors!
Alexias,the handsome young man and Lysis his heartbreakingly ruggedly masculine and loyal lover remain for me Mary Renault's favorite characters.Throughout the novel,these two men sacrifice for each other in a way that I found romantically ideal.A superb novel all the way.

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