Taking as her start point, Ovid's story about Leto, who pregnant by Jupiter flees the wrath of his wife Juno, Marina Warner adapts the tale to a wild and lawless time, when young Leto, on the run from her lover's wife, gives birth to twins. She saves the baby girl, but the boy is snatched from her. Over the centuries, we find Leto searching for her son. As the novel sweeps from mythological times and the Dark Ages, to the urban squalor of Victorian Europe, and ultimately to the present day, as wars still rage across the ...
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Taking as her start point, Ovid's story about Leto, who pregnant by Jupiter flees the wrath of his wife Juno, Marina Warner adapts the tale to a wild and lawless time, when young Leto, on the run from her lover's wife, gives birth to twins. She saves the baby girl, but the boy is snatched from her. Over the centuries, we find Leto searching for her son. As the novel sweeps from mythological times and the Dark Ages, to the urban squalor of Victorian Europe, and ultimately to the present day, as wars still rage across the region where Ovid first imagined her, Leto reappears, with her daughter, in different guises - as singer, artist, maid, Bosnian refugee.A magical feat of storytelling, full of myth and mystery, sensual writing and suspense, which keeps the reader guessing right up to the end.
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Add this copy of The Leto Bundle to cart. $10.99, good condition, Sold by Reuseabook rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester, GLOS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2001 by Chatto & Windus.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading.
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Very Good. Used, dust jacket has light scratches and marks, some outer edges have minor scuffs, outer pages have shelf wear, book content is in very good condition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 320 p.
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