Mythology genre books (16)


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Antigone

Antigone by Sophocles EN

Rating: 5     2 Votes
Country: Europe / Greece flag Greece
Description:
To make this quintessential Greek drama more accessible to the modern reader, this Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Edition? includes a glossary of difficult terms, a list of vocabulary words, and convenient sidebar notes. By providing these, it is our intention that readers will more fully enjoy the beauty, wisdom, and intent of the play.The curse placed on Oedipus lingers and haunts a younger generation in this new and brilliant translation of Sophocles? classic drama. The daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta, Antigone is an unconventional heroine who pits her beliefs against the King of Thebe... continue

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Antigone by Sophocles DE

Rating: 5     1 Vote
Country: Europe / Greece flag Greece
Recommended: 02 Sep 2023

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Baba Yaga Laid an Egg by Dubravka Ugrešić EN

Rating: 5     2 Votes
Country: Europe / Croatia flag Croatia
Description:
"Baba Yaga Laid an Egg takes a traditional myth and spins it afresh. The result is an extraordinary meditation on femininity, aging, identity, secrets and love." -- taken from jacket front flap.
Recommended: 27 Sep 2022

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Borderlands : The New Mestiza by Gloria Anzaldúa EN

Rating: 5     1 Vote
Description:
Rooted in Gloria Anzaldúa's experience as a Chicana, a lesbian, an activist, and a writer, the essays and poems in this volume profoundly challenged, and continue to challenge, how we think about identity.Borderlands / La Frontera remaps our understanding of what a "border" is, presenting it not as a simple divide between here and there, us and them, but as a psychic, social, and cultural terrain that we inhabit, and that inhabits all of us. This twenty-fifth anniversary edition features a new introduction by scholars Norma Cantú (University of Texas at San Antonio) and Aída Hurtado (Universit... continue

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Das Heilwasser by Alhaji Abubakar Imam DE

Rating: 3     1 Vote
Country: Africa / Nigeria flag Nigeria
Recommended: 02 Sep 2023

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Die Stille der Frauen

Die Stille der Frauen by Pat Barker DE

Rating: 4     1 Vote
Description:
GROSSER ACHILL. GLÄNZENDER ACHILL, STRAHLENDER ACHILL, GOTTGLEICHER ACHILL … WIR NANNTEN IHN NIE SO; WIR NANNTEN IHN »DEN SCHLÄCHTER«. Briseis trifft ein grausames Schicksal: Einst Königin von Lyrnessos, findet sie sich nach der Einnahme der Stadt als Sklavin an der Seite des großen Achill wieder, dem Zerstörer ihrer Heimat und Mörder ihrer Familie. Im Heerlager vor Troja wird sie zum Spielball gelangweilter und frustrierter Krieger und Könige. Doch Briseis gibt sich mit der Rolle der Besiegten nicht zufrieden. Schafft sie es, in dieser... continue
Recommended: 27 Dec 2022

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Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis EN

Rating: 4     2 Votes
Description:
Winner of the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize Finalist for the 2015 Toronto Book Awards Winner of the 2015 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize "[Alexis] devises an inventive romp through the nature of humanity in this beautiful, entertaining read … A clever exploration of our essence, communication, and how our societies are organized." – Kirkus Reviews "This might be the best set-up of the spring." – The Globe & Mail "André Alexis has established himself as one of our preeminent voices." – Toronto Star — I wonder, said Hermes, what it would be like if animals had human intelligence. — I'll wager... continue
Recommended: 17 Apr 2023

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Immortals of Meluha

Immortals of Meluha by Amish Tripathi EN

Rating: 5     1 Vote
Country: Asia / India flag India
Description:
This is the first book in a trilogy on Shiva, the simple man whose karma re-cast his as our Mahadev, the God of Gods.

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Infinity in the Palm of Her Hand : A Novel of Adam and Eve by Gioconda Belli EN

Rating: 3.5     4 Votes
Description:
In a novel based on the Bible and ancient traditions, Adam and Eve discover the world around them, react to their punishment, and learn to adjust to the outside world, where it is necessary to kill to survive.

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Legendele Olimpului by Alexandru Mitru RO

Rating: 3     1 Vote
Country: Europe / Romania flag Romania
Description:
Legendele si povestile apartin tuturor. Importanta este insa talmacirea lor, iar Alexandru Mitru ne-a oferit o versiune minunata, de neuitat si chiar de neegalat. Cartile lui Alexandru Mitru nu se adreseaza in exclusivitate copiilor; adultii din prezent isi amintesc cu placere basmele si legendele mitologice povestite simplu, placut, dar cu acuratete de acesta.
Recommended: 23 Sep 2023


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