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A sinister night. Evil and edge in the air. What are they
celebrating? Clytemnestra's world is torn apart when Agamemnon
sacrifices their daughter for the sake of war. Ten years later, the
couple are reunited. What follows is a dangerous battle fuelled by
love, grief and power. Marina Carr's adaptation of the infamous
Greek myth brings Clytemnestra's story to the fore and asks if it
is possible to forgive the unforgivable. He turns to me in hall one
evening, wine on him, sentimental. There is nothing I would not do
to have your good opinion again, he says. Girl on an Altar opened
at the Kiln Theatre, London, in May 2022.
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Medea
(Paperback)
Euripides; Translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien; Introduction by Robin Mitchell-Boyask; Notes by Robin Mitchell-Boyask
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R330
Discovery Miles 3 300
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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This is the Medea we have been waiting for. It offers clarity
without banality, eloquence without pretension, meter without
doggerel, accuracy without clumsiness. No English Medea can ever be
Euripides', but this is as close as anyone has come so far, and a
good deal closer than I thought anyone would ever come. Arnson
Svarlien has shown herself exceedingly skillful in making Euripides
sound Euripidean.--David M. Schaps, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
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"Its force of impact, its narrative muscle and its psychological
clarity make it still, nearly 150 years on, one of the most
shocking books in the canon." --Julian Barnes A BRAND NEW
TRANSLATION BY ADAM THORPE
Mysterious disappearances, domestic cases, noiseless, bloodless
snuffings-out... the law can look as deep as it likes, but when the
crime itself goes unsuspected... oh yes, there's many a murderer
basking in the sun.
When Therese Raquin is forced to marry the sickly Camille, she
sees a bare life stretching out before her, leading every evening
to the same cold bed and every morning to the same empty day.
Escape comes in the form of her husband's friend, Laurent, and
Therese throws herself headlong into an affair. There seems only
one obstacle to their happiness; Camille. They plot to be rid of
him. But in destroying Camille they kill the very desire that
connects them. First published in 1867, Therese Raquin has lost
none of its power to enthral. Adam Thorpe's unflinching translation
brings Zola's dark and shocking masterwork to life.
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Bonfire night 2019, Sheila, Denise, Julie, and Fay are Team C in
Pennine Mineral Water Ltd.'s annual outward bound team-building
weekend. Somehow, Sheila has been nominated team leader, and, using
her cryptic crossword solving skills, has unwittingly stranded her
team on an island in the Lake District. Our intrepid heroines fi nd
themselves manufacturing weapons from cable ties and spatulas, and
create a rescue fl ag with plastic plates and a toasting fork.
Questions are asked; truths are told; dirty washing is aired.Is it
possible to build an adequate night shelter with a prom dress and a
sleeveless jumper? What is Julie's husband really up to in Aldi?
And why are they on this bloody team building exercise when they
could be at a spa?
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original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
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used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
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quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
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original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
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