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Lion´s Honey: The Myth of Samson
David Grossman
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Description for Lion´s Honey: The Myth of Samson
Paperback.
In exhilarating and lucid prose, Grossman gives us a provocative new take on the story of Samson: his battle with the lion, the three hundred burning foxes, the women he bedded, the one he loved and who betrayed him and the destruction of the temple. It reveals the journey of a lonely and tortured soul, whose search for a true home echoes our own private struggles. The Myths series brings together some of the world's finest writers, each of whom has retold a myth in a contemporary and memorable way. Authors in the series include Karen Armstrong, ... Read more
In exhilarating and lucid prose, Grossman gives us a provocative new take on the story of Samson: his battle with the lion, the three hundred burning foxes, the women he bedded, the one he loved and who betrayed him and the destruction of the temple. It reveals the journey of a lonely and tortured soul, whose search for a true home echoes our own private struggles. The Myths series brings together some of the world's finest writers, each of whom has retold a myth in a contemporary and memorable way. Authors in the series include Karen Armstrong, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781786893383
SKU
9781786893383
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About David Grossman
David Grossman is the author of nine internationally acclaimed novels and a number of children's books. Grossman has been presented with numerous awards including the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France), and he won the International Man Booker Prize with A Horse Walks into a Bar. He lives with his wife and children in a suburb of ... Read more
Reviews for Lion´s Honey: The Myth of Samson
Extraordinary, ground-breaking, empowering
Guardian
A master of the emotionally accurate and significant. His characters don't so much lie on the page as rise before the reader's eyes
Yann Martel A writer of passionate honesty, unafraid to ask terrible questions
Nadine Gordimer One of contemporary literature's most versatile and absorbing writers
... Read more
Guardian
A master of the emotionally accurate and significant. His characters don't so much lie on the page as rise before the reader's eyes
Yann Martel A writer of passionate honesty, unafraid to ask terrible questions
Nadine Gordimer One of contemporary literature's most versatile and absorbing writers
... Read more