Mark Haddon: Dogs and Monsters
Dogs and Monsters
Buch
- Random House UK Ltd, 08/2024
- Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9781784745561
- Bestellnummer: 11750045
- Umfang: 273 Seiten
- Gewicht: 600 g
- Maße: 234 x 153 mm
- Stärke: 40 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 29.8.2024
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
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Klappentext
'A marvel of a collection' Kaliane Bradley, author of The Ministry of Time'A consummate storyteller' New York Times
'There is nothing more terrifying than the monster that squats behind the door you dare not open...'
The bestselling author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time weaves ancient fables into fresh, unexpected forms and forges new unforgettable legends.
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, as he reimagines stories from Laika the Soviet space dog on her fateful orbit to St Anthony wrestling with loneliness in the desert.
'In sentences as precisely cut as paper sculptures, Mark Haddon fits ancient myth to the cruelties and wonders of the present' Francis Spufford, author of Cahokia Jazz
Biografie
Mark Haddon, geboren 1963, lebt in Oxford. Er wuchs in Northhampton auf und studierte in Oxford. Anschließend arbeitete er sechs Jahre mit geistig oder körperlich behinderten Menschen zusammen. Er schrieb verschiedene Kinderbücher; für seine Drehbücher wurde er zweimal mit dem BAFTA-Preis ausgezeichnet. Mark Haddon
Dogs and Monsters
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