Cassandra : a novel and four essays

Author(s)

• Wolf, Christa

Bibliographic Information

Cassandra : a novel and four essays

Christa Wolf ; translated from the German by Jan van Heurck

（Virago modern classics, no. 315）

Virago, 1984

• : pbk

Note

Translations of: Voraussetzungen einer Erzählung : Kassandra ; and, Kassandra, Erzählung

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Cassandra, daughter of the King of Troy, is endowed with the gift of prophecy but fated never to be believed. After the fall of Troy, in a stream of memories, associations, reflections she comes to an understanding of her own life and of war. This is a recreation of a classical myth.

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Details

• NCID: BA12271111
• ISBN:
  • 0860685683
  • 086068573X
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: ger
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: 305 p.
• Classification:
  • LCC : PT2685.O36
  • DC19 : 838/.91408
• Subject Headings:
  • PRECIS : Prose in German, 1945- - English texts
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00279193