The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony

Name: The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony
Brand: Roberto Calasso
SKU: 9780241399200
Price: 9.07 GBP
Availability: InStock

by Roberto Calasso

Title:

Author:

Roberto Calasso

Series (if any):

Penguin Modern Classics

Format:

Paperback

Number of pages:

416 pages

Publisher:

TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale

ISBN-13:

9780241399200

EAN:

9780241399200

Classifications:

Contemporary Lifestyle

Weight (g):

424

Dimensions (mm):

129 x 197 x 32

Publication Country:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

Condition:

New

Price:£9.07

8 copies in stock

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Description

'It will be read and re-read not as a treatise but as a story: one of the most extraordinary that has ever been written of the origins of Western self-consciousness' Simon SchamaThe marriage of Cadmus and Harmony was the last time the gods of Olympus feasted alongside mortals. What happened in the distant ages preceding it, and in the generations that followed, form the timeless tales of ancient Greek mythology. In this masterful retelling of the myths we think we know, Roberto Calasso illuminates the deepest questions of our existence.'The kind of book one comes across only once or twice in one's lifetime' Joseph Brodsky'A perfect work like no other' Gore Vidal