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Author:

Cook, Elizabeth, 1952 Aug. 27-

Title:

Achilles / Elizabeth Cook.

Edition:

1st Picador USA ed.

Publisher:

Picador USA,

Copyright Date:

2002

Description:

115 p. ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Achilles (Greek mythology)--Fiction.
Greece--History--To 146 B.C.--Fiction.
Troy (Extinct city)--Fiction.
Greeks--Turkey--Fiction.
Mythology, Greek--Fiction.
Trojan war--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
War stories.
Historical fiction.
War stories.

Notes:

Originally published: London : Methuen, 2001.

Summary:

Born of god and king, and hidden as a girl until Odysseus discovers him, Achilles becomes the Greeks' greatest warrior at Troy. Into his story comes a cast of fascinating characters -- among them Hector, Helen, Penthiselaia the Amazon Queen, and the centaur Chiron; and finally John Keats, whose writings form the basis of a meditation on the nature of identity and shared experience. Achilles is an affirmation of the story's enduring power to reach across centuries and cultures to the core of our imagination. This powerful, passionate, and beautifully crafted retelling of the epic tale of Achilles re-creates Homer's fated hero in a new and striking reality. Born of the Sea nymph Thetis by the mortal King Peleus, and hidden as a girl until Odysseus discovers him, Achilles becomes the Greeks' greatest warrior at Troy. Into his story comes a cast of fascinating characters, among them, Hector, Helen, Penthiseleia the Amazon Queen, and the centaur Chiron; and finally John Keats, whose writings form the basis of a meditation on the nature of identity and shared experience. An unforgettable and deeply moving work of fiction, Achilles is also an affirmation of the story's enduring power to reach across centuries and cultures to the core of our imagination.

ISBN:

9780312288846
0312288840

LCCN:

2001052398

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

ETPD745 -- Emmetsburg Public Library (Emmetsburg)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)