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Description for The Leto Bundle
Paperback. A story full of myth, mystery and great imaginative power about a young woman who, searching for her lost baby son like Mother Courage, appears in different guises across different centuries and cultures. She is the eternal refugee but ultimately, the survivor. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 28. Weight in Grams: 346. Fine copy
When a mummy in the Museum of Albion is unpacked it is found to contain a bundle of curious objects and documents which tell of the wanderings of an unknown woman, Leto.
On the run, in a far-off era of civil strife, Leto gives birth to twins, shelters with wolves, survives in a desert stronghold as the lover of its commander, stows away on a ship loaded with plundered antiquities and then works as a maid in a war-torn city. She loses her son but saves her daughter during a long siege.
As the novel sweeps from mythological times and the Middle Ages to the treasure-hunting of Victorian Europe and into the present day, Leto reappears in different guises. Eventually she becomes a servant to a rock singer, and begins to search for her son.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Like New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099284659
SKU
KSS0000912
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Marina Warner
Marina Warner spent her early years in Cairo, and was educated at a convent in Berkshire, and then in Brussels and London, before studying modern languages at Oxford. She is an internationally acclaimed cultural historian, critic, novelist and short story writer. From her early books on the Virgin Mary and Joan of Arc, to her bestselling studies of fairy tales and folk stories, From the Beast to the Blonde and No Go the Bogeyman, her work has explored different figures in myth and fairy tale and the art and literature they have inspired. She lectures widely in Europe, the United States and the Middle East, and is currently Professor in the Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies, University of Essex. She was appointed CBE in 2008. www.marinawarner.com
Reviews for The Leto Bundle
A rewarding, incisive and topical novel
Sunday Express
Stimulating... vivid... a fascinating debate about the nature of mythology
Financial Times
A compelling and erudite meditation on exiles, refugees, loss and the search for a home. A timely, ambitious and inventive novel, which blends a reflection on Europe's past and present traumas with rare story-telling verve
Scotland on Sunday
Warner brilliantly communicates the kaleidoscope of cultures, tribes and nationalities encountered by Leto on her epic journey. Driven by a mystery that keeps the reader guessing to the final pages... Beautifully written, the language rich and sensuous, with a seductive range of references... Tremendous fun
Literary Review
Sunday Express
Stimulating... vivid... a fascinating debate about the nature of mythology
Financial Times
A compelling and erudite meditation on exiles, refugees, loss and the search for a home. A timely, ambitious and inventive novel, which blends a reflection on Europe's past and present traumas with rare story-telling verve
Scotland on Sunday
Warner brilliantly communicates the kaleidoscope of cultures, tribes and nationalities encountered by Leto on her epic journey. Driven by a mystery that keeps the reader guessing to the final pages... Beautifully written, the language rich and sensuous, with a seductive range of references... Tremendous fun
Literary Review