The Story of Antigone - Couverture rigide

Smith, Ali

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1782690166 ISBN 13 : 9781782690160

Editeur : Pushkin Children's Books, 2013

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

"The crow crossed the sky, slow-beating her wings. Beat, beat, beat. It was night, not yet morning, and her feathers were so black that she coasted the air invisible above the city wall."

Thus begins Ali Smith's retelling of Sophocles' tragedy, about a young Theban princess who decides to bury her dishonoured brother Polynices, against King Creon's express orders with heartbreaking consequences.

Ali Smith (b. 1962) is a prize-winning Scottish writer, best known for her novels The Accidental (2005, winner of the Whitbread Novel of the Year award, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and Orange Prize), and There But for The (2011). She regularly writes for the Guardian, the Times Literary Supplement and the Scotsman, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2007.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Now there's a girl who understands things, the crow thought.

When two brothers, Eteocles and Polynices, die in a vicious battle over the crown of Thebes, the new ruler, King Creon, decides that Eteocles will be buried as a hero, while Polynices will be left outside as a feast for the dogs and crows.

But the young Antigone, daughter of Oedipus, will defy the cruel tyrant and attempt to give her brother the burial he deserves. This simple act of love and bravery will set in motion a terrible course of events that will reverberate across
the entire kingdom...

Dave Eggers says, of the series: "I couldn't be prouder to be a part of it. Ever since Alessandro conceived this idea I thought it was brilliant. The editions that they've complied have been lushly illustrated and elegantly designed."

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Pushkin Children's Books
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1782690166
• ISBN 13: 9781782690160
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 104
• Illustrateur: Paoletti Laura