Greek Myths A New Retelling of Your Favourite Myths That Puts Female Characters At The Heart of The Story
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'A great storyteller' Madeline Miller, author of CirceIn this powerful new collection, Charlotte Higgins foregrounds Greek mythology's most enduring heroines. Here are the myths of Heracles and The...
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'A great storyteller' Madeline Miller, author of CirceIn this powerful new collection, Charlotte Higgins foregrounds Greek mythology's most enduring heroines. Here are the myths of Heracles and Theseus, the Trojan war, Thebes and Argos and Athens. They are stories of love and desire, adventure and magic, destructive gods, helpless humans, fantastical creatures and resourceful witches. In this telling the female characters take centre stage as Athena, Helen, Circe, Penelope and others weave these stories into elaborate imagined tapestries. In Charlotte Higgins's thrilling new interpretation of these ancient stories, their tales combine to form a dazzling, sweeping epic of storytelling. With a series of original drawings by Chris Ofili. ''A great storyteller'' Madeline Miller, author of CirceIn this powerful new collection, Charlotte Higgins foregrounds Greek mythology''s most enduring heroines. Here are the myths of Heracles and Theseus, the Trojan war, Thebes and Argos and Athens. They are stories of love and desire, adventure and magic, destructive gods, helpless humans, fantastical creatures and resourceful witches. In this telling the female characters take centre stage as Athena, Helen, Circe, Penelope and others weave these stories into elaborate imagined tapestries. In Charlotte Higgins''s thrilling new interpretation of these ancient stories, their tales combine to form a dazzling, sweeping epic of storytelling. With a series of original drawings by Chris Ofili.
Detaljer
Forlag
Vintage
ISBN
9781529111118
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
336
Udgivelsesdato
07-07-2022
Format
Paperback
Varenr.
3038235
EAN nr.
9781529111118
Varegruppe
Fiction
Højde/Dybde (mm)
29
Bredde (mm)
128
Længde (mm)
197
Vægt (g)
294