The birth of the world as we know it, or, Teiresias

a novel

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The birth of the world as we know it, or, Teiresias

a novel

In her fourth book of fiction, award-winning American novelist Meredith Steinbach reimagines the life of the Greek seer Teiresias.

At the center of Steinbach's comic novel is an exploration of the meaning of time and the nature of identity. Having outlived everyone he ever knew, Teiresias looks back at the most significant episodes in his life - a visit to the Delphic oracle; mediating arguments between Zeus and Hera; his experiences as both man and woman, sighted and blind, prophet and slave - as he confronts the traveler Odysseus in the Underworld.

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Language
English
Pages
192

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The birth of the world as we know it, or, Teiresias: a novel
1996, TriQuarterly Books/Northwestern University Press
in English

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Published in
Evanston, Ill
Other Titles
Birth of the world as we know it, Teiresias

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3569.T37546 B57 1996, PS3569.T37546B57 199

The Physical Object

Pagination
viii, 192 p. ;
Number of pages
192

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL986062M
Internet Archive
birthofworldaswe0000stei
ISBN 10
0810150603
LCCN
96024128
OCLC/WorldCat
34951569
Goodreads
148794

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