Thursday, 5 January 2017

Men and Gods By Rex Warner

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Title:Men and Gods
Author:Rex Warner
Format:Hardcover
Page:288 pages
ISBN:1590172639

This outstanding collection brings together the novelist and scholar Rex Warner s knack for spellbinding storytelling with Edward Gorey s inimitable talent as an illustrator in a memorable modern recounting of the most beloved myths of ancient Greece Writing in a relaxed and winning colloquial style, Warner vividly recreates the classic stories of Jason and the Argonauts This outstanding collection brings together the novelist and scholar Rex Warner s knack for spellbinding storytelling with Edward Gorey s inimitable talent as an illustrator in a memorable modern recounting of the most beloved myths of ancient Greece Writing in a relaxed and winning colloquial style, Warner vividly recreates the classic stories of Jason and the Argonauts and Theseus and the Minotaur, among many others, while Gorey s quirky pen and ink sketches offer a visual interpretation of these great myths in the understated but brilliantly suggestive style that has gained him admirers throughout the world These tales cover the range of Greek mythology, including the creation story of Deucalion and Pyrrha, the heroic adventures of Perseus, the fall of Icarus, Cupid and Psyche s tale of love, and the tragic history of Oedipus and Thebes Men and Gods is an essential and delightful book with which to discover some of the key stories of world literature


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Rex Warner 9 March 1905 24 June 1986 was an English classicist, writer and translator He is now probably best remembered for The Aerodrome 1941 , an allegorical novel whose young hero is faced with the disintegration of his certainties about his loved ones and with a choice between the earthy, animalistic life of his home village and the pure, efficient, emotionally detached life of an airma Rex Warner 9 March 1905 24 June 1986 was an English classicist, writer and translator He is now probably best remembered for The Aerodrome 1941 , an allegorical novel whose young hero is faced with the disintegration of his certainties about his loved ones and with a choice between the earthy, animalistic life of his home village and the pure, efficient, emotionally detached life of an airman



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This outstanding collection brings together the novelist and scholar Rex Warner s knack for spellbinding storytelling with Edward Gorey s inimitable t
Men and Gods
288 pagesRex Warner

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