Ransom

Ransom

David Malouf

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Editorial:
Penguin Random House UK
Año de edición:
2010
ISBN:
9780099539520
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In this exquisite gem of a novel David Malouf shines new light on Homer’s Iliad adding twists and reflections as well as flashes of earthy humour to surprise and enchant. Lyrical immediate and heartbreaking Malouf’s fable engraves the epic themes of the Trojan war onto a perfect miniature - themes of war and heroics hubris and humanity chance and fate the bonds between soldiers fathers and sons all brilliantly recast for our times.

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