The Myths CD Collection: A Short History of Myth/The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseues/Weight: The Myth of Atlas and Heracles by Karen Armstrong, Jeanette Winterson, Margaret Atwood (CD-Audio, 2012)
A Short History of Myth: What are myths? How have they evolved? And why do we still so desperately need them? Heralding a major series of retellings of international myths by authors from around the world, Karen Armstrong's characteristically insightful and eloquent book serves as a brilliant and thought-provoking introduction to myth in the broadest sense - and why we dismiss it only at our peril. The Penelopiad: In a splendid contemporary twist to the ancient story of Penelope and Odysseus, Margaret Atwood has chosen to give the telling of it to Penelope and to her twelve hanged Maids, asking: What led to the hanging of the maids, and what was Penelope really up to? In Atwood s dazzling, playful retelling, the story becomes as wise and compassionate as it is haunting, and as wildly entertaining as it is disturbing. Weight: In ancient Greek mythology, the victorious Olympians force Atlas, guardian of the Garden of Hesperides and its golden apples of life, to bear the weight of the earth and the heavens for eternity. With her typical wit and verve, Jeanette Winterson brings Atlas into the twenty-first century. Simultaneously, she asks her own difficult questions about the nature of choice and coercion, and how we forge our own destiny.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
ISBN-10
1469205963
ISBN-13
9781469205960
eBay Product ID (ePID)
189527768
Product Key Features
Author
Jeanette Winterson, Margaret Atwood, Karen Armstrong
Format
CD, CD Standard Audio Format
Language
English
Additional Product Features
Running Time
480
Read by
Sandra Burr,Laural Merlington,Dick Hill
Date of Publication
29/09/2012
Contained Items Statement
8 Audio Cds
Subject
Historical & Mythological Fiction
Imprint
Brilliance Audio
Country of Publication
United States
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