John Spurling

Gebundenes Buch

Arcadian Days: Gods, Women, and Men from Greek Myths

Beschreibung

"Taking inspiration from the incomparably beautiful and intense poetry of Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, John Spurling--a lifelong classicist and an award-winning playwright--spins five myths for contemporary readers. These captivating tales center on male-female pairs--Prometheus and Pandora, Jason and the sorceress Medea, Oedipus and his daughter Antigone, Achilles and his mother Thetis, Odysseus and Penelope--who, in the course of their stories, destroyed dynasties, raised and felled heroes, and sealed the fates of men"--Provided by publisher.

Autor

John Spurling is an award-winning author and a prolific playwright with thirty plays performed on stage, radio, and television, including at the National Theater in London. He is the author of The Ten Thousand Things (winner of the Walter Scott Prize). John was born in Kisumu, Kenya, then later educated at St. John’s College, Oxford. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. For more information, please visit www.johnspurling.com

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pegasus Books
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9781639363186
• ISBN-10: 1639363181
• Artikelnr.: 64539528