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Friday Finds (Nov 20)
November 20th, 2009
Friday Finds hosted by Should Be Reading asks us to share what great books we heard about or discovered in the past week.
My pick this week is a book I found while browsing through Fantastic Fiction called Alcestis by Katharine Beutner. It’s to be released by Soho Press on February 1, 2010. Here’s a bit about it from Fantastic Fiction…
In Greek mythology, Alcestis is known as the good wife; she loved her husband so much that she died to save his life and was sent to the underworld in his place. In this poetic and vividly imagined debut, Katharine Beutner gives voice to the woman behind the ideal, bringing to life the world of Mycenaean Greece, a world peopled by capricious gods, where royal women are confined to the palace grounds and passed as possessions from father to husband.
Alcestis tells of a childhood spent with her sisters in the bedchamber where her mother died giving birth to her and of her marriage at the age of fifteen to Admetus, the young king of Pherae, a man she barely knows, who is kind but whose heart belongs to a god. She also tells the part of the story that’s never been told: What happened to Alcestis in the three days she spent in the underworld before being rescued by Heracles? In the realm of the dead, Alcestis falls in love with the goddess Persephone and discovers the true horror and beauty of death.
This really sounds like a book for me! How about you – did you find anything good on your book travels this week?
I have seen this one around an I think i really like the sound of this one!
It DOES sound good, Dar!
Definitely a book worth taking a look at. I am intrigued by the story.
I have a feeling that book will be very popular!
This sounds like a super good book! Thanks for sharing it Dar.
This is the first I've seen of this one, but it does sound really good. I love mythology and historical fiction, so this sounds like a perfect blend.
This looks terrific! I love Greek Mythology.
sounds like a very unusual book!
Oh, yes! Something different! Good!
BTW, the book I won in your Run for Your Life giveaway arrived yesterday. Thanks, agian, so much!
Wow Dar.. great find. I have a feeling this would be a good one also. I'd love to read along with you on this one some time. Thanks for sharing.
that sounds fabulous! I think I'd really enjoy it!
This sounds very interesting. Will have to check it out, thanks for sharing.
Great find Dar
I like anything having to do with Greek Mythology.
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This book sounds wonderful! Thanks for finding it!! Of course this means ANOTHER book for the TBR pile!
hi dar and buddy! it's been a while since i've talked to you! i've been having a relaxing fall..just laying around and napping while mom is at school. i got my haircut today and i look spiffy. i'm looking forward to seeing more pictures of you buddy!!!
talk to you soon,
bandit
This one sounds good!
Sounds good! I'll be watching for this one.