The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony
Roberto Calasso, translated from Italian by Tim Parks, 1993, Alfred Knopf, 0394581547, 403 pages, hardcover.
Book, fine like new, dust jacket very good condition, shows light shelf wear.
Presenting the stories of Zeus and Europa, Theseus and Ariadne, the birth of Athens and the fall of Troy, in all their variants, Calasso also uncovers the distant origins of secrets and tragedy, virginity, and rape. "A perfect work like no other. (Calasso) has re-created . . . the morning of our world."—Gore Vidal. 15 engravings.
Roberto Calasso, translated from Italian by Tim Parks, 1993, Alfred Knopf, 0394581547, 403 pages, hardcover.
Book, fine like new, dust jacket very good condition, shows light shelf wear.
Presenting the stories of Zeus and Europa, Theseus and Ariadne, the birth of Athens and the fall of Troy, in all their variants, Calasso also uncovers the distant origins of secrets and tragedy, virginity, and rape. "A perfect work like no other. (Calasso) has re-created . . . the morning of our world."—Gore Vidal. 15 engravings.
Roberto Calasso, translated from Italian by Tim Parks, 1993, Alfred Knopf, 0394581547, 403 pages, hardcover.
Book, fine like new, dust jacket very good condition, shows light shelf wear.
Presenting the stories of Zeus and Europa, Theseus and Ariadne, the birth of Athens and the fall of Troy, in all their variants, Calasso also uncovers the distant origins of secrets and tragedy, virginity, and rape. "A perfect work like no other. (Calasso) has re-created . . . the morning of our world."—Gore Vidal. 15 engravings.