Cassandra: A Novel And Four Essays
by:
Christa Wolf (author)
ISBN:
9780860685685 (0860685683)
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Classics,
Writing,
Essays,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Feminism,
Contemporary,
German Literature,
Mythology,
Germany
While the narrative style of the novel is not my favorite style, the story does eventually become engrossing. Wolf's story of Cassandra draws on several different veins of the Troy myth as well as references the Cold War. This edition includes four essay that give depth and feeling to the novel. It ...
Forced to read this book due to a third year literature course, and being a lover of great literature as well as 'fireside' reads, I got some chuckles from the 'elitist' ramblings of other reviewers regarding the complexity and importance of this book. I agree that anyone who doesn't 'get it' when i...
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