Kassandra and the Wolf
Margarita Karapanou
(Author)
Description
Margarita Karapanou's Kassandra and the Wolf was first published in 1974, and went on to become a contemporary classic in Greece, receive international acclaim, and establish its 28-year-old author as an intensely original new talent, who garnered comparisons to Proust and Schulz. Six-year-old Kassandra is given a doll: "I put her to sleep in her box, but first I cut off her legs and arms so she'd fit," she tells us, "Later, I cut her head off too, so she wouldn't be so heavy. Now I love her very much." Kassandra is an unforgettable narrator, a perfect, brutal guide to childhood as we've never seen it--a journey that passes through the looking glass but finds the darkest corners of the real world. This edition brings Kassandra and the Wolf back into print at last--a tour de force and, as Karapanou liked to call it, a scary monster of a book.Product Details
Price
$16.95
Publisher
Clockroot Books
Publish Date
October 01, 2009
Pages
192
Dimensions
5.5 X 7.7 X 0.4 inches | 0.4 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781566567718
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About the Author
Margarita Karapanou (1946-2008) was one of Greece's most beloved contemporary writers. Her novels Kassandra and the Wolf and Rien ne va plus are both available from Clockroot Books. Karen Emmerich is an acclaimed translator of Modern Greek poetry and prose.