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''It will be read and re-read not as a treatise but as a story: one of the most extraordinary that has ever been written of the origins of Western self-consciousness'' Simon Schama

The marriage of Cadmus and Harmony was the last time the gods of Olympus feasted alongside mortals. What happened in the distant ages preceding it, and in the generations that followed, form the timeless tales of ancient Greek mythology. In this masterful retelling of the myths we think we know, Roberto Calasso illuminates the deepest questions of our existence.

''The kind of book one comes across only once or twice in one''s lifetime'' Joseph Brodsky

''A perfect work like no other'' Gore Vidal



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Sensuous, dazzlingly intelligent -- Lucy Hughes-Hallett * Sunday Times *
The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony is a perfect work like no other -- Gore Vidal
A brilliant and profound narration -- A.S. Byatt
A masterpiece ... a wonderfully fashioned work of art -- John Banville
Calasso has no equal in the sparkle of his storytelling and the depth of his learning -- Boyd Tonkin * Independent *
Enlivening, enthralling, essential: a classic -- Peter Conrad * Observer *

The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Classics
      Published 25 July 2019
      ISBN-13 9780241399200
      978-0241399200
      ISBN-10 0241399203
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      Fiction Myths & Legends Politics, Philosophy & Society Folklore studies / Study of myth

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''It will be read and re-read not as a treatise but as a story: one of the most extraordinary that has ever been written of the origins of Western self-consciousness'' Simon Schama

      The marriage of Cadmus and Harmony was the last time the gods of Olympus feasted alongside mortals. What happened in the distant ages preceding it, and in the generations that followed, form the timeless tales of ancient Greek mythology. In this masterful retelling of the myths we think we know, Roberto Calasso illuminates the deepest questions of our existence.

      ''The kind of book one comes across only once or twice in one''s lifetime'' Joseph Brodsky

      ''A perfect work like no other'' Gore Vidal



      Trade Review
      Sensuous, dazzlingly intelligent -- Lucy Hughes-Hallett * Sunday Times *
      The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony is a perfect work like no other -- Gore Vidal
      A brilliant and profound narration -- A.S. Byatt
      A masterpiece ... a wonderfully fashioned work of art -- John Banville
      Calasso has no equal in the sparkle of his storytelling and the depth of his learning -- Boyd Tonkin * Independent *
      Enlivening, enthralling, essential: a classic -- Peter Conrad * Observer *

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