The Marriage Of Cadmus And Harmony by Roberto Calasso

The Marriage Of Cadmus And Harmony by Roberto Calasso

THE MARRIAGE OF CADMUS AND HARMONY is a book without any modern parallel. Forming an active link in a chain that reaches back through Ovid's METAMORPHOSES directly to Homer, Roberto Calasso's re-exploration of the fantastic fables and mysteries we may only think we know explodes the entire world of Greek mythology, pieces it back together, and presents it to us in a new, and astonishing, and utterly contempory way.

"A dynamic encounter between modernity and the oldest stories known to Europe" -- Robin Blake * The Independent *
"I have no idea whether or not Roberto Calasso is a 'genius' but I do know that The Marriage Of Cadmus and Harmony is a perfect work like no other" -- Gore Vidal
"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
"A masterpiece...a wonderfully fashioned work of art" -- John Banville * Irish Times *
"A brilliant and profound narration" -- A. S. Byatt * The Times *

Roberto Calasso is the author of The Ruin of Kasch, The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony, Ka and K. He has also written The Forty-Nine Steps and Literature and the Gods. He lives in Milan and is the publisher of Adelphi.

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ISBN 13	9780099308010
ISBN 10	0099308010
Title	The Marriage Of Cadmus And Harmony
Author	Roberto Calasso
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Vintage Publishing
Year published	1994-06-30
Number of pages	416
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