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Livres anciens et modernes

Golding, William

The Double Tongue

Faber & Faber, 1995

30,00 €

Kalamos Books

(STREETSVILLE, Canada)

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Détails

Année
1995
ISBN
0571175260
Lieu d'édition
London
Auteur
Golding, William
Éditeurs
Faber & Faber
Edition
1st UK Edition
Thème
ANCIENT GREECE IN FICTON DELPHI PYTHIA ORACLES
Description
Fine
Description
H
Jaquette
Oui
Etat de conservation
Tres bonne condition
Reliure
Couverture rigide
Dédicacée
Non
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

"An aged prophetess at Delphi, the most sacred oracle in ancient Greece, looks back over her strange life as the Pythia, the First Lady and voice of the god Apollo. As a young virgin with disturbing psychic powers, Arieka was handed over to the service of the shrine by her parents. She has now spent sixty years as the very medium, the torn mouthpiece, of equivocal mantic utterances from the bronze tripod in the sanctuary beneath the temple. Over a lifetime at the mercy of god and priest and people she has watched the decay of Delphi's fortunes and its influence in the world. Her reflections on the mysteries of the oracle, which her own weird gifts h av e em bo di ed , a re matched by her feminine insight into the human frailties of the High Priest himself, a true Athenian, whose intriguing against the Romans brings about humiliation and disaster. This extraordinary short novel, left in draft after the author's sudden death in 1993, is a psychological and historical triumph. An absolutely convincing portrait of a woman's experience, something rare in Golding's oeuvre, Arieka the Pythia is one of his finest creations." Name of owner, else fine.