Ransom

Publication Date : 19/3/2018
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David Malouf shines new light on Homer's Iliad, adding twists and reflections, as well as flashes of earthy humour, to surprise and enchant.

In this exquisite gem of a novel, Achilles is maddened by grief at the death of his friend Patroclus. From the walls of Troy, King Priam watches the body of his son, Hector, being dragged behind Achilles' chariot. There must be a way, he thinks, of reclaiming the body - of pitting compromise against heroics, new ways against the old, and of forcing the hand of fate. Dressed simply and in a cart pulled by a mule, an old man sets off for the Greek camp ...

Lyrical, immediate and heartbreaking Malouf's fable engraves the epic themes of the Trojan war onto a perfect miniature - themes of war and heroics, hubris and humanity, chance and fate, the bonds between soldiers, fathers and sons, all newly burnished and brilliantly recast for our times.

(9780143790846)

SKU 9780143790846
Barcode # 9780143790846
Brand Penguin Books Australia
Artist / Author David Malouf
Shipping Weight 0.2000kg
Shipping Width 0.010m
Shipping Height 0.196m
Shipping Length 0.150m
Unit Of Measure each
author David Malouf
Publication Date 19/3/2018
Number of pages 240
format Paperback / softback

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