Imre: A Memorandum, (Audiobook)

<p>At a cafe in Budapest, Oswald, a British ambassador in his thirties, meets the young, handsome Imre, a Hungarian military officer. The two develop a strong friendship through their shared interest in art, but as their relationship grows more serious, they begin spending hours upon hours sharing their innermost secrets.</p><p></p><p> Eventually, their friendship turns to romance, a partnership between equals who respect and cherish one another despite the obstacles of an intensely homophobic society.</p><p></p><p> Published in a time when homosexuality was largely criminalized, <i>Imre: A Memorandum</i> offered a hopeful narrative immersed in gay history that would prove both inspiring and instructional for generations to come.</p><p></p><p> <i>Imre</i> is a novel by Edward Irenaeus Prime-Stevenson. Originally published in 1906 and written while Prime-Stevenson was living as an expatriate in Europe, the novel is a groundbreaking, positive story of romance between two men.</p><p></p><p> Throughout his career, Prime-Stevenson sought to dispel falsehoods surrounding the history of homosexuality. Writing under the pseudonym Xavier Mayne, Prime-Stevenson took great care to insulate himself from the reprisal common to the period in which he worked.</p>

• Imre: A Memorandum, (Audiobook)
• Author: HighBridge Audio
• ISBN: 9798228926578
• Format: Audiobook
• Publication Date: 2026-07-07
• Page Count: 0