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Fires

Marguerite Yourcenar

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

Book Details

  • Publisher: University of Chicago Press
  • Publish Date: Nov 5th, 1994
  • Pages: 130
  • Language: English
  • Edition: Univ of Chicago - undefined
  • Dimensions: 7.90in - 5.20in - 0.49in - 0.42lb
  • EAN: 9780226965284
  • Categories: General

About the Author

Yourcenar, Marguerite: - Marguerite Yourcenar's (1903-1987) many works include A Coin in Nine Hands, Fires, Two Lives and a Dream, and A Blue Tale, all published by the University of Chicago Press.
Katz, Dori: - Dori Katz is professor emeritus of modern languages and literature at Trinity College, Hartford, CT. She is a translator of several books from the French and a poet. Her most recent collection of poems is Hiding in Other People's Houses.