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Dogs and Monsters

Výrobce Vintage Publishing
EAN 9781784745561
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'A marvel of a collection' Kaliane Bradley'There is nothing more terrifying than the monster that squats behind the door you dare not open...'From the bestselling author of The Porpoise come eight mesmerising stories exploring what, ultimately, makes us human.Mark Haddon weaves ancient fables into fresh and unexpected forms, and forges new legends to sit alongside them. The myth of the Minotaur in his labyrinth is turned into a wrenching parable of maternal love - and of the monstrosities of patriarchy. The lover of a goddess, Tithonus, is gifted eternal life but without eternal youth.Actaeon, changed into a stag after glimpsing the naked Diana and torn to pieces by his hunting dogs, becomes a visceral metaphor about how humans use and misuse animals.From genetic engineering to the eternal complications of family, Haddon showcases how we are subject to the same elemental forces that obsessed the Greeks. Whether describing Laika the Soviet space dog on her fateful orbit, or St Anthony wrestling with loneliness in the desert, his astonishing powers of observation are at their height when illuminating the thin line between human and animal.'In sentences as precisely cut as paper sculptures, Mark Haddon fits ancient myth to the cruelties and wonders of the present' Francis Spufford

Parametry

Autor Mark Haddon
Jazyk Anglicky
Počet stran 273
Rok vydání 2024
Vazba brožovaná