Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
10.03.2011
Verlag
Faber & FaberSeitenzahl
460
Maße (L/B/H)
21.6/13.5/3.2 cm
Gewicht
621 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-571-24212-2
Published in 1954, John Cowper Powys called this novel, a ´long romance about Odysseus in his extreme old age, hoisting sail once more from Ithaca´.
As usual there is a large cast of human characters but Powys also gives life and speech to inanimates such as a stone pillar, a wooden club,and an olive shoot. The descent to the drowned world of Atlantis towards the end of the novel is memorably described, indeed, Powys himself called it ´the best part of the book´.
Many of Powys´s themes, such as the benefits of matriarchy, the wickedness of priests and the evils of modern science which condones vivisection are given full rein in this odd but compelling work.
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