Fires - Hardcover

Yourcenar, Marguerite

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0856281093 ISBN 13: 9780856281099

Publisher: Aidan Ellis Publishing, 1982

Synopsis

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

Consists of 9 monologues and narratives based on classical Greek stories. Interspersed are highly personal notations, reflecting a time of profound innner crisis in the author's life.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The product of a love crisis, Fires is in the form of a collection of love poems, or, rather, is like a sequence of lyrical prose pieces connected by a notion of love. As such, the book does not require any commentary.

About the Author:

Marguerite Yourcenar (1903-87) wrote plays, stories, poems, and novels, including the notable Memoirs of Hadrian. She was the first woman to be elected to the Academie Francaise.

About this edition

• Publisher: Aidan Ellis Publishing
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0856281093
• ISBN 13: 9780856281099
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1