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Red Thread

- On Mazes and Labyrinths
Af: Charlotte Higgins Engelsk Paperback

Red Thread

- On Mazes and Labyrinths
Af: Charlotte Higgins Engelsk Paperback
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''Charlotte Higgins''s Red Thread is a masterwork'' Ali Smith

A thrillingly original, labyrinthine journey through myth, art, literature, history, archaeology and memoir.

The tale of how the hero Theseus killed the Minotaur, finding his way out of the labyrinth using Ariadne''s ball of red thread, is one of the most intriguing, suggestive and persistent of all myths, and the labyrinth - the beautiful, confounding and terrifying building created for the half-man, half-bull monster - is one of the foundational symbols of human ingenuity and artistry.

Charlotte Higgins, author of the Baillie Gifford-shortlisted Under Another Sky, tracks the origins of the story of the labyrinth in the poems of Homer, Catullus, Virgil and Ovid, and with them builds an ingenious edifice of her own. Along the way, she traces the labyrinthine ideas of writers from Dante and Borges to George Eliot and Conan Doyle, and of artists from Titian and Velázquez to Picasso and Eva Hesse.

Her intricately constructed narrative asks what it is to be lost, what it is to find one''s way, and what it is to travel the confusing and circuitous path of a lived life. Red Thread is, above all, a winding and unpredictable route through the byways of the author''s imagination - one that leads the reader on a strange and intriguing journey, full of unexpected connections and surprising pleasures.

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''Charlotte Higgins''s Red Thread is a masterwork'' Ali Smith

A thrillingly original, labyrinthine journey through myth, art, literature, history, archaeology and memoir.

The tale of how the hero Theseus killed the Minotaur, finding his way out of the labyrinth using Ariadne''s ball of red thread, is one of the most intriguing, suggestive and persistent of all myths, and the labyrinth - the beautiful, confounding and terrifying building created for the half-man, half-bull monster - is one of the foundational symbols of human ingenuity and artistry.

Charlotte Higgins, author of the Baillie Gifford-shortlisted Under Another Sky, tracks the origins of the story of the labyrinth in the poems of Homer, Catullus, Virgil and Ovid, and with them builds an ingenious edifice of her own. Along the way, she traces the labyrinthine ideas of writers from Dante and Borges to George Eliot and Conan Doyle, and of artists from Titian and Velázquez to Picasso and Eva Hesse.

Her intricately constructed narrative asks what it is to be lost, what it is to find one''s way, and what it is to travel the confusing and circuitous path of a lived life. Red Thread is, above all, a winding and unpredictable route through the byways of the author''s imagination - one that leads the reader on a strange and intriguing journey, full of unexpected connections and surprising pleasures.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 320
ISBN-13: 9781784702649
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1784702641
Kategori: Ancient Greece
Udg. Dato: 9 sep 2021
Længde: 25mm
Bredde: 197mm
Højde: 128mm
Forlag: Vintage Publishing
Oplagsdato: 9 sep 2021
Forfatter(e): Charlotte Higgins
Forfatter(e) Charlotte Higgins

Kategori Ancient Greece

ISBN-13 9781784702649

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 320

Udgave

Længde 25mm

Bredde 197mm

Højde 128mm

Udg. Dato 9 sep 2021

Oplagsdato 9 sep 2021

Forlag Vintage Publishing

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