The Way to Colonos: Sophocles Retold - Paperback
Pay over time for orders over $35.00 with
The Way to Colonos: Sophocles Retold
A fiery modern retelling of three Greek tragedies, "written in an ageless prose that instantly strikes the reader as the work of a master." (Rachel Cusk, from the foreword)
First published in 1961, The Way to Colonos recasts three seminal plays by Sophocles into tales of modern women and warfare, probing their characters with savage intimacy. Antigone--a stylish woman in her thirties--wheeling...
Kay Cicellis (1926-2001) was born to Greek parents in Marseilles, where she spent her first nine years. Having learned French and English in the nursery, she spent her later childhood in Athens and on her father's native island of Cephalonia. Her first stories, smuggled out of Athens during the Nazi occupation, were published in the British military press when she was a teenager....
Contributor(s)
Author
Free shipping on orders over $75. Standard shipping takes 3-7 business days. Returns accepted within 30 days of purchase.