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02722aam a2200373 i 4500 001 587C725E998511EE94F1090B23ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231213010042 008 231212t20182018nyu e 000 1 eng d 020 $a 1609454804 020 $a 9781609454807 035 $a (OCoLC)1027529552 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d BIB $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d GP5 $d IAD $d ORX $d JNE $d IGA $d VP@ $d INR $d B@L $d OCLCO $d CTL $d OCLCO $d JTH $d OCLCA $d IHX $d OCLCA $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d OCL $d OCLCO $d SILO 084 $a F $b HAY 100 1 $a Haynes, Natalie, $e author. 245 14 $a The children of Jocasta $h [Book] / $c Natalie Haynes. 264 1 $a New York, N.Y. : $b Europa Editions, $c 2018. 300 $a 304 pages ; $c 21 cm. 365 $a 01 $b 23.00 520 $a Thebes is a city in mourning, still reeling from a devastating attack of plague that invaded every home and left the survivors devastated and fearful. This is the Thebes that Jocasta has known her entire life, a city ruled by a king--her husband-to-be. Jocasta struggles through this miserable marriage until she is unexpectedly widowed--now free to choose her next husband, she selects the handsome, youthful Oedipus. When whispers emerge of an unbearable scandal, the very society that once lent Jocasta its support seems determined to destroy her. Ismene is a girl in mourning, longing for the golden days of her youth--days spent lolling in the courtyard garden, reading and reveling in her parents' happiness and love. Now she is an orphan, and the target of a murder plot, attacked within the very walls of the palace. As the deadly political competition swirls around her, she must uncover the root of the plot - and reveal the truth of the curse that has consumed her family. The novel is based on Oedipus Tyrannus and Antigone, two of Classical Greece's most compelling tragedies. Told in intersecting narratives, this feminist reimagining of Sophocles' classic plays brings life and voice to the women who were too often forced to the background of their own stories. It is compulsively entertaining fiction that recasts these familiar stories for the twenty-first century reader. 600 00 $a Antigone, $c (Mythological character) $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Jocasta (Greek mythology) $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Teenage girls $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Arranged marriage $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Families $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Siblings $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Kings and rulers $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Ismene (Greek mythology) $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Fiction. 941 $a 2 952 $l BRPD251 $d 20240119020425.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20231213010515.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=587C725E998511EE94F1090B23ECA4DB 994 $a Z0 $b BUPInitiate Another SILO Locator Search