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House of Names

af Colm Toibin

Bog, Hardback, Engelsk, 2017

Taoibain brings a modern sensibility and language to an ancient classic, and gives this extraordinary character new life, so that readers not only believe Clytemnestra's thirst for revenge, but applaud it. He inhabits the mind of one of Greek myth's most powerful villains to reveal the love, lust, and pain she feels. Told in four parts, this is a portrait of a murderess, who will herself be murdered by her own son, Orestes. It is Orestes' story, too: his capture by the forces of his mother's lov... (Læs mere)

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Bogdetaljer

  • SprogEngelsk
  • IndbindingHardback
  • ISBN9781501140211
  • Udgivet9/05/2017
  • Udgivet afScribner Book Company
  • Længde288 sider
  • ForfatterColm Toibin
  • GenreSkønlitteratur, Digte