The No1 Ethical retailer for Books, CD’s, DVD’s & Games
30 Day Refund Guarantee

The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony

The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony

by Roberto Calasso (Author)

  • Used

    Paperback 1994

    $4.94

  • Used

    Hardcover 1993

    $15.34
Synopsis

THE MARRIAGE OF CADMUS AND HARMONY is a book without any modern parallel. Forming an active link in a chain that reaches back through Ovid's METAMORPHOSES directly to Homer, Roberto Calasso's re-exploration of the fantastic fables and mysteries we may only think we know explodes the entire world of Greek mythology, pieces it back together, and presents it to us in a new, and astonishing, and utterly contempory way.

$4.94

Save:$9.26 (65%)

Quantity

1 in stock

More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 416
 Edition: 1st Vintage
 Publisher: Vintage
Published: 30 Jun 1994
ISBN 10: 0099308010
ISBN 13: 9780099308010
Book Overview: Greco-Roman mythology meets and shapes a contemporary novel to form a book that is unprecedented and wonderful.

Media Reviews
A dynamic encounter between modernity and the oldest stories known to Europe. -- Robin Blake * The Independent *
I have no idea whether or not Roberto Calasso is a 'genius' but I do know that The Marriage Of Cadmus and Harmony is a perfect work like no other -- Gore Vidal
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 Schama
A masterpiece...a wonderfully fashioned work of art -- John Banville * Irish Times *
A brilliant and profound narration -- A. S. Byatt * The Times *
Author Bio
Roberto Calasso is the author of The Ruin of Kasch, The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony, Ka and K. He has also written The Forty-Nine Steps and Literature and the Gods. He lives in Milan and is the publisher of Adelphi.