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Glorious Exploits

By Ferdia Lennon

Glorious Exploits Fairy Tales & Legends

Glorious Exploits

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Part Waiting for Godot, part O Brother, Where Art Thou, and completely original, Glorious Exploits is a celebration of the things that bind humanity across battle lines and history, and an ode to the redemptive power of storytelling. Set in Syracuse, Sicily, during the Peloponnesian War but told in contemporary Irish dialect, Glorious Exploits follows Lampo and Gelon, best friends since childhood. Thrilled to have survived the Athenians' recent invasion and as shocked by the Syracusan victory as everyone else, these unemployed potters are in a mood to celebrate. Of course, they hate the Athenians. Still, that doesn't mean you can't love the theatre of their great playwright Euripides, does it? Realizing that if the Athenians are as doomed as everyone says, this might be their last chance to hear Euripides's poetry, they go down to the quarry where the Athenian prisoners are being held and offer extra rations to any prisoner who can recite his work, a decision that sets into motion an extraordinary series of events. A novel that asks big questions about war and its aftermath, Glorious Exploits is a story as hopeful and playful as it is tragic.
Product details
Number of Pages:
304
Release Date:
2024-03-26
Publication Date:
2024-03-26
Publisher:
Henry Holt & Company
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1250893690
ISBN13:
9781250893697
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
389 g
Height:
150 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
32 cm
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