The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony Paperback by Roberto Calasso

Product Details

• Publisher: Vintage Canada (1994-02-27)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 0 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780394280363
• Item Weight: 344.74 grams
• Dimensions: 8.0 x 5.18 x 0.72 cm

But where did it all begin?  No better answer to that question exists than in the Greek myths that are retold to breathtaking effect Roberto Calasso.  Presenting the stories of Zeus and Europa, Theseus and Ariadne, the birth of Athens and the fall of Troy, in all their variants, Calasso uncovers the origins of secrets and tragedy, virginity and rape, and above all, humanity's tormented relations with the gods.  The result is an international literary event, a work of spellbinding playfulness, eroticism wonder.


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About the Author

Born in Florence, Roberto Calasso lives in Milan, where he is publisher of Adelphi. He is the author of The Ruin of Kasch; The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony, which was the winner of France’s Prix Veillon and the Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger; Ka; Literature and the Gods; and The Forty-Nine Steps.