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Penthesilea

Penthesilea

de Lys, Georges
Stableford, Brian

Paperback

FantasyHistorical Fiction

ISBN10: 1645250725
ISBN13: 9781645250722
Publisher: Snuggly Books
Published: Jul 20 2021
Pages: 142
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.33 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English

Penthesilea, originally appeared in two parts in the French periodical La Nouvelle Revue, but never heretofore published in book form, was author Georges de Lys' second major contribution to the subgenre of neo-Romantic accounts of moeurs antiques, following on the heels of the Biblical fantasy An Idyll in Sodom. No less flamboyant than its predecessor, though significantly more cruel, this novel, here presented in an excellent translation by Brian Stableford, takes the Greek tragedy to relentless extremes, with the story of the eponymous Amazon heroine departing radically from earlier versions, most especially in its trenchant finale.

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