The Siege of Troy [electronic resource] : A Novel
Theodor Kallifatides2019
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In this perceptive retelling of The Iliad, a young Greek teacher draws on the
enduring power of myth to help her students cope with the terrors of Nazi
occupation.
Bombs fall over a Greek village during World War II, and a teacher takes her
students to a cave for shelter. There she tells them about another war-when the
Greeks besieged Troy. Day after day, she recounts how the Greeks suffer from
thirst, heat, and homesickness, and how the opponents meet-army against army,
man against man. Helmets are cleaved, heads fly, blood flows. And everything had
begun when Prince Paris of Troy fell in love with King Menelaus of Sparta's
wife, the beautiful Helen, and escaped with her to his homeland. Now Helen
stands atop the city walls to witness the horrors set in motion by her flight.
When her current and former loves face each other in battle, she knows that,
whatever happens, she will be losing.
Theodor Kallifatides provides remarkable psychological insight in his version of
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Main title:
The Siege of Troy [electronic resource] : A Novel / Theodor Kallifatides
Author:
Theodor Kallifatides, Author
Imprint:
United States : Other Press, 2019
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (224.0 pages, 1322.0 Kbytes)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781590519721
Language:
English
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BRN:
434420
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