Lindsay Clarke is a British novelist celebrated for his literary achievements. His novel, The Chymical Wedding, partly inspired by the life of Mary Anne Atwood, garnered the Whitbread Prize in 1989. Clarke's most recent novel, The Water Theatre, is hailed as a work of immense scope, energy, and heart, noted for being simultaneously beautiful and thought-provoking. A former educator who worked internationally, Clarke now lectures in creative writing and leads writing workshops.
Odysseus, traumatized by the slaughter his own ingenuity unleashed, no longer believes himself fit to return to his wife and son. Driven both by tempests and torment, he embarks on a voyage that will take him to the margins of the world and deep into the shadows of his own heart.
PART TWO OF THE TROY QUARTET Bringing ancient myth to life with passion, humour, and humanity, Lindsay Clarke vividly retells the story of Troy and of the heroes who fought there.
By the author of Sunday Whiteman, this novel of intellectual obsession and passion concerns two groups of people who are united in their investigation into the great experiment of nature in a Norfolk village, but divided by a century of time.
PART THREE OF THE TROY QUARTET Bringing ancient myth to life with passion, humour, and humanity, Lindsay Clarke vividly retells the story of Troy and of the heroes who fought there.
PART ONE OF THE TROY QUARTET Bringing ancient myth to life with passion, humour, and humanity, Lindsay Clarke vividly retells the story of Troy and of the heroes who fought there.
An inspirational account of the active power of compassion
Wenn der weise Meimne Finn einen guten Rat brauchte, mußte er nur an seinem Daumen der Erkenntnis lutschen, und schon wußte er, was ihm zu wissen nottat. Von den abenteuerlichen Folgen erzählt die Geschichte. Eine geheimnisvolle Welt voller Magie und Überraschungen: Liebe, Eifersucht, Treue, Verrat, Fluch und Rache. Überschäumender Erzählwitz. Überliefert seit 3000 Jahren - Geschichten, die die Welt verzaubern.
Una rivisitazione delle leggende che avvolgono la battaglia per la conquista della città di Troia, attraverso le parole di Femio, bardo di Itaca dietro cui si nasconde l'autore. Peleo e Teti, Paride e Elena, Agamennone e Clitennestra, Achille, Ulisse ed Ettore: ogni personaggio vive di nuova vita, in una versione della storia che, pur rispettando la forma mitica, rappresenta un dramma passionale sorprendentemente moderno.
Plus de vingt modèles à broder au petit point. Chaque modèle terminé est accompagné d'une photographie et d'une grille en couleur permettant de reproduire exactement les dessins. Les techniques de broderie (matériel, fil, canevas, points de broderie, finition) sont expliquées dans le dernier chapitre.
