The marriage of Cadmus and Harmony

Author(s)

• Calasso, Roberto
• Parks, Tim

Bibliographic Information

The marriage of Cadmus and Harmony

Roberto Calasso ; translated by Tim Parks

（Penguin modern classics）（Penguin fiction）

Penguin Classics/Penguin, 2019, c1988

• : [pbk.]

Other Title

Le nozze di Cadmo e Armonia

Note

"Sources": p. 369-[386]

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

'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 The marriage of Cadmus and Harmony was the last time the gods of Olympus feasted alongside mortals. What happened in the distant ages preceding it, and in the generations that followed, form the timeless tales of ancient Greek mythology. In this masterful retelling of the myths we think we know, Roberto Calasso illuminates the deepest questions of our existence. 'The kind of book one comes across only once or twice in one's lifetime' Joseph Brodsky 'A perfect work like no other' Gore Vidal

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BB28810041
• ISBN:
  • 9780241399200
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: ita
• Place of Publication: [London]
• Pages/Volumes: 399 p.
• Size: 20 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 853.914
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Cadmus (Greek mythological character) -- Fiction
  • LCSH : Harmonia (Greek mythological character) -- Fiction
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00548998
  • BA2550615X