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The Double Tongue - Introduced by Bettany Hughes (Paperback, Main)
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The Double Tongue - Introduced by Bettany Hughes (Paperback, Main)
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Loot Price R229
Discovery Miles 2 290
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Meet the Oracle of Delphi in ancient Greece in this transporting
tale of the classical world by the radical Nobel Laureate and
author of Lord of the Flies, introduced by Bettany Hughes. Did I
believe in what I was doing? Or rather, since I was doing nothing,
did I believe in what someone, something was doing to me? It begins
with the half-burnt fish, miraculously restored to life, and the
healing of the ill child. Young Arieka is an unloved misfit, but as
rumours of her spiritual powers reach the High Priest of Apollo,
her life is transformed. She is taken to Delphi to become a Pythia:
a mouthpiece for the god Apollo, an oracle uttering riddling
prophecies from a smoky cave to frenzied crowds. But when this role
is dramatically thrust upon her, the priestess must navigate
political conspiracy and the threat of the Romans to preserve her
belief - and sanity. 'A remarkable work ... A compelling
storyteller as well as a clear-eyed philosopher of the dangerous
puzzles of being human.' The Timesx 'A marvellously apt surprise
... Will excite, tantalize and enthral Golding devotees.' Sunday
Times 'Most brilliantly and hair-raisingly evoked.' Sunday
Telegraph 'A wonderful central character. The story stretches out
as clean and dry and clear as the beach in Lord of the Flies.'
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