Arcadian Days

Gods, Women and Men from Greek Myth – from the winner of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction

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John Spurling

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The Greek myths, refined by the great poets and playwrights of Ancient Greece, distil the essence of human life: its brief span, its pride, courage and insecurity, its anxious relationship with the natural world - earth, sea and sky, represented by powerful gods and monsters. Taking inspiration from the incomparably beautiful and intense poetry of Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, Spurling - a lifelong classicist and an award-winning playwright and historical novelist - spins five more myths for contemporary readers. These captivating tales centre on male-female pairs - Prometheus and Pandora, Jason and the sorceress Medea, Oedipus and his daughter Antigone, Achilles and his mother Thetis, Odysseus and Penelope - that destroyed dynasties, raised and felled heroes, and sealed the fates of men.

Author Biography:

John Spurling is an award-winning historical novelist and playwright whose plays have been performed on TV, radio and stage, including at the National Theatre. Among his novels isThe Ten ThousandThings, which was highly acclaimed and won the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction.He has reviewed for a range of newspapers, magazines and BBC radio, and was for twelve years the art critic of theNew Statesman. He lives in London and formerly in Arcadia, Greece, and is married to the biographer Hilary Spurling.

Release date Australia

May 26th, 2022

Author

John Spurling

Pages

320

Audience

General (US: Trade)

ISBN-13

9780715654569

Product ID

38671184

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