Canongates Extraordinary Myth Series - all in one place!
Explore Canongate's Extraordinary Myth Series - your ultimate guide to all books in this captivating collection. Discover timeless myths retold by renowned authors in one convenient place!
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A Short History of Myth
by Karen Armstrong
The author of The History of God and In the Beginning: A New Reading of Genesis offers a useful, well-written introduction to mythology from the Paleolithic period to the "Great Western Transformation" that used science to discredit myth. Reprint.
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The Penelopiad
by Margaret Atwood
The author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Blind Assassin presents a cycle of stories about Penelope, wife of Odysseus, through the eyes of the twelve maids hanged for disloyalty to Odysseus in his absence. Reprint.
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Lion's Honey
by David Grossman
Israel's most lauded contemporary writer retells the story of Samson, one of the most tempestuous, charismatic, and colorful characters in the Bible, and follows the tortured journey of a single, lonely, and turbulent soul.
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Dream Angus
by Alexander McCall Smith
In a retelling of an ancient Celtic myth about Angus, the god of love, youth, and beauty and a trickster who turns one's romantic dreams upside down, five young men named Angus parallel the god's story as they search for true love.
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Girl Meets Boy
by Ali Smith
Girl meets boy. It's a story as old as time. But what happens when an old story meets a brand new set of circumstances? Ali Smith's re-mix of Ovid's most joyful metamorphosis is a story about the kind of fluidity that can't be bottled and sold. It is about girls and boys, girls and girls, love and transformation, a story of puns and doubles, reversals and revelations.
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Binu and the Great Wall
by Tong Su
From the author of the international hit Raise the Red Lantern comes a gorgeous reimagining of the myth of the girl whose tears collapsed the Great Wall--the seminal myth in Chinese culture. Su Tong is China's most provocative young writer. Binu and the Great Wall is spellbinding and shocking--a tour de force from an artist called "a writer to watch" by Kirkus Reviews and "a true literary talent" by Anchee Min. In Peach village, crying is forbidden. But as a child, Binu never learned to hide her tears. Shunned by the villagers, she faced a bleak future until she met Qiliang, an orphan who offered her his hand in marriage. Then, one day, Qiliang disappears. Binu learns that he has been transported hundreds of miles and forced to labor on a project of terrifying ambition and scale--the building of the Great Wall. Binu is determined to find and save her husband. Inspired by her love, she sets out on an extraordinary journey toward Great Swallow Mountain with only a blind frog for company. What follows is an unforgettable story of passion, hardship, and magical adventure.
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