by Barry Unsworth · Nan A. Talese / Doubleday · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141013299
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«The Songs of the Kings» is Barry Unsworth's historical novel in paperback (256 pages, in English).
The Greek fleet is trapped at Aulis, unable to set sail for Troy because of a contrary wind. The leaders, with Agamemnon at the fore, demand a sacrifice: the life of Iphigenia. Barry Unsworth rewrites the myth without heroism and endows the characters with a contemporary political ethic, producing a dark comedy about power and personal motives.
ISBN-13 9780141013299; publication date of this edition: September 25, 2003.
For readers of historical fiction and Greek mythology who enjoy reinterpretations of the classics.
Barry Unsworth FRSL was an English writer known for his historical fiction. He published 17 novels, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times, winning once for the 1992 novel Sacred Hunger.
