Fires (Phoenix Fiction)
Book Details
Author(s)Marguerite Yourcenar
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
ISBN / ASIN0226965287
ISBN-139780226965284
CategoryFiction
MarketplaceFrance 🇫🇷
Description
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
"The unwritten novel among the fantasies and aphorisms of Fires is a classic tale."—Stephen Koch, New York Times Book Review



