The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony - Brossura

Calasso, Roberto

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ISBN 10: 0394280369 ISBN 13: 9780394280363

Casa editrice: Vintage Canada, 1994

Riassunto

But where did it all begin?  No better answer to that question exists than in the Greek myths that are retold to breathtaking effect Roberto Calasso.  Presenting the stories of Zeus and Europa, Theseus and Ariadne, the birth of Athens and the fall of Troy, in all their variants, Calasso uncovers the origins of secrets and tragedy, virginity and rape, and above all, humanity's tormented relations with the gods.  The result is an international literary event, a work of spellbinding playfulness, eroticism wonder.
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Recensione:

"The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony--erudite, clear, amusing, beautifully written--is essential reading." --The Globe and Mail

"Extraordinary...learned but also daring...brilliant, dazzling to read, a labyrinth lit by fire." --The New York Times Review of Books

"Beautifully written...Calasso reminds us with eloquence that, in this terrible world, we will come closer to perfection by knowing how to meditate on the calamity of our nature than we will by denying it." --The Toronto Star

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• Editore: Vintage Canada
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0394280369
• ISBN 13: 9780394280363
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile