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Dragonflies
Grant Buday
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Description for Dragonflies
Paperback. A retelling of the Trojan War told from Odysseus's perspective. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 242.
After ten years the Trojan War is at a deadlock. Both sides are exhausted, and Odysseus, cleverest of men, wants more than anything to return to Ithaka and his wife and son and orange grove. He aches for home, but not without a certain fear that he will return a stranger to the son he hasn't seen in ten years. When Agamemnon, King of the Greeks, asks Odysseus to devise a scheme to settle the conflict once and for all, Odysseus comes up with the idea of the great horse. No Trojan, he thinks, can resist a magnificent horse. Yet ... Read more
After ten years the Trojan War is at a deadlock. Both sides are exhausted, and Odysseus, cleverest of men, wants more than anything to return to Ithaka and his wife and son and orange grove. He aches for home, but not without a certain fear that he will return a stranger to the son he hasn't seen in ten years. When Agamemnon, King of the Greeks, asks Odysseus to devise a scheme to settle the conflict once and for all, Odysseus comes up with the idea of the great horse. No Trojan, he thinks, can resist a magnificent horse. Yet ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Biblioasis Canada
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Emeryville, Canada
ISBN
9781897231470
SKU
V9781897231470
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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Grant Buday
Grant Buday: Grant Buday's novels include the award-winning White Lung, A Sack of Teeth, and Rootbound. His short fiction has appeared in The Journey Prize Anthology and is forthcoming in Best Canadian Short Stories. Buday has traveled widely and now lives on a small island in B.C. with his wife and son.
Reviews for Dragonflies
"A recent resurgence of popular interest in The Iliad, Homer's epic poem about the Trojan War, has led many writers to try their hand at retelling some portion of the story. Buday may not be the first, but he is definitely one of the best."—Historical Novel Society A "brilliant reimagining of the Iliad."—Globe and Mail "The genius of Dragonflies
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