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Dream Angus : Myth of Celtic Eros (Myth Series) by Alexander McCall Smith
27.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories | Series: Text Myth Ser.
This novel is based on the myth of the Celtic god Angus who carries dreams to people while they sleep. Woven into Angus's story, are 5 contemporary fables, exquisite short stories in which dreams play a pivotal narrative role. Angus is present in all of these stories because the dreams themselves shape ...Show more
Lion's Honey : The Myth of Samson by David Grossman
25.00 NZD
29.00 (13% off)
Category: General Fiction | Series: Text Myth Series
Out of the eater came something to eat. Out of the strong came something sweet. With this riddle Samson poses the even greater puzzle of why a strong and powerful young man should choose to impress, or confound, his peers with a brainteaser they can't possibly answer, rather than a demonstration of his ...Show more
The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by Philip Pullman
29.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Text Myth Ser.
In this ingenious and spellbinding retelling of the life of Jesus, Philip Pullman reimagines the most influential story ever told. Charged with mystery, compassion and great power, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ says something new about who Jesus was and asks questions that will resonate lo ...Show more
The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope & Odysseus: Text Myth Series by Margaret Atwood
29.00 NZD
Category: Classic Books | Series: Text Myth | Reading Level: very good
Penelope. Immortalised in legend and myth as the devoted wife of the glorious Odysseus, silently weaving and unpicking and weaving again as she waits for her husband's return.Now Penelope wanders the underworld, spinning a different kind of thread: her own side of the story - a tale of lust, greed and m ...Show more
Weight: The Myth of Atlas and Hercules by Jeanette Winterson
25.00 NZD
29.00 (13% off)
Category: Fiction | Series: Text Myth Series
The series that began in October with Karen Armstrong's compelling A Short History of Myth continues, with electrifying new works of fiction from two of the world's most loved writers. In reference to her reworking of the tale of Atlas, Jeanette Winterson commented that, 'When I was asked to choose a my ...Show more
Where Three Roads Meet - The Myth of Oedipus by Salley Vickers
27.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Text Myth Ser. | Reading Level: good-very good
At the end of his life, an old man waits in his office for a stranger to arrive. Over the next few weeks, Teiresias will visit again, making his way across Hampstead Heath to relate the story of his life. First published 2007.
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