Description
| Product ID: | 9781529111118 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Greek Myths |
| Subtitle: | A new retelling of your favourite myths that puts female characters at the heart of the story |
| Authors: | Author: Charlotte Higgins, Chris Ofili |
| Page Count: | 336 |
| Subjects: | Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales, Myth & legend told as fiction, Ancient Greek religion and mythology, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology), Mythical, legendary and supernatural beings, monsters and creatures, Mysticism, magic and occult interests, Ancient Greek religion & mythology, Folklore, myths & legends, Monsters & legendary beings, Mysticism, magic & ritual, Greece, Ancient Greece, Ancient (Classical) Greek |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating '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 Circe |
| Imprint Name: | Vintage |
| Publisher Name: | Vintage Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-07-07 |
