Xo Orpheus

Fifty New Myths

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Beschreibung

Fifty leading writers retell myths from around the world in this dazzling follow-up to the bestselling My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me.<br><br> Icarus flies once more. Aztec jaguar gods again stalk the earth. An American soldier designs a new kind of Trojan horse-his cremains in a bullet. Here, in beguiling guise, are your favorite mythological figures alongside characters from Indian, Punjabi, Inuit, and other traditions.<br> <br> Aimee Bender retells the myth of the Titans.<br><br>Elizabeth McCracken retells the myth of Lamia, the child-eating mistress of Zeus.<br><br>Madeline Miller retells the myth of Galatea.<br> <br> Kevin Wilson retells the myth of Phaeton, from Ovid's Metamorphoses.<br> <br> Emma Straub and Peter Straub retell the myth of Persephone.<br> <br> Heidi Julavits retells the myth of Orpheus and Euridice.<br> <br> Ron Currie, Jr. retells the myth of Dedalus.<br> <br> Maile Meloy retells the myth of Demeter.<br> <br> Zachary Mason retells the myth of Narcissus.<br> <br> Joy Williams retells the myth of Argos, Odysseus' dog.<br> <br> If "xo" signals a goodbye, then xo Orpheus is a goodbye to an old way of mythmaking. Featuring talkative goats, a cat lady, a bird woman, a beer-drinking ogre, a squid who falls in love with the sun, and a girl who gives birth to cubs, here are extravagantly imagined, bracingly contemporary stories, heralding a new beginning for one of the world's oldest literary traditions.

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780143122425

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

213 x 136 x 35 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

Verlag / Hersteller

Penguin Publishing Group