The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony
Descriere
'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 SchamaThe 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
Despre autor
Roberto Calasso a fost un scriitor și editor italian. Pe lângă limba sa maternă, Calasso vorbea fluent franceza, engleza, spaniola, germana, latina și greaca veche. De asemenea, a studiat sanscrita. A fost numit „o instituție literară de sine stătătoare”. Conceptul tematic fundamental al operei sale este relația dintre mit și apariția conștiinței moderne.
