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Fires - Paperback

by Marguerite Yourcenar
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Availability:In StockContributor:Marguerite Yourcenar, Dori KatzPublish date:1982-11-01Pages:156
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3plISBN-13:9780374517489ISBN-10:374517487UPC:9780374517489Book Category:FictionSize:7.90 x 5.20 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.38Product ID:SCPJ3Y4FFJ

Fires consists of nine monologues and narratives based on classical Greek stories. Antigone, Clytemnestra, Phaedo, Sappho are all mythical figures whose stories are mingled with contemporary themes. Interspersed are highly personal narratives, reflecting on a time of profound inner crisis in the author's life.

"The unwritten novel among the fantasies and aphorisms of Fires is a classic tale."-Stephen Koch, New York Times Book Review

Consists of 9 monologues and narratives based on classical Greek stories. Interspersed are highly personal notations, reflecting a time of profound innner crisis in the author's life.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3plISBN-13:9780374517489ISBN-10:374517487UPC:9780374517489Book Category:FictionSize:7.90 x 5.20 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.38Product ID:SCPJ3Y4FFJ
Yourcenar, Marguerite: - Marguerite Yourcenar (1903-87) wrote plays, stories, poems, and novels, including the notable Memoirs of Hadrian. She was the first woman to be elected to the Academie Francaise.
Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl

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Marguerite Yourcenar, Dori Katz

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Marguerite Yourcenar

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