Description
In exhilarating and lucid prose, Grossman gives us a provocative new take on the story of Samson: his battle with the lion, the three hundred burning foxes, the women he bedded, the one he loved and who betrayed him and the destruction of the temple. It reveals the journey of a lonely and tortured soul, whose search for a true home echoes our own private struggles.
The Myths series brings together some of the world's finest writers, each of whom has retold a myth in a contemporary and memorable way. Authors in the series include Karen Armstrong, Margaret Atwood, A.S. Byatt, David Grossman, Natsuo Kirino, Alexander McCall Smith, Philip Pullman, Ali Smith and Jeanette Winterson.
About the Author
David Grossman is the author of nine internationally acclaimed novels and a number of children's books. Grossman has been presented with numerous awards including the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France), and he won the International Man Booker Prize with A Horse Walks into a Bar. He lives with his wife and children in a suburb of Jerusalem.
Reviews
Extraordinary, ground-breaking, empowering * * Guardian * *
A master of the emotionally accurate and significant. His characters don't so much lie on the page as rise before the reader's eyes -- Yann Martel
A writer of passionate honesty, unafraid to ask terrible questions -- Nadine Gordimer
One of contemporary literature's most versatile and absorbing writers * * San Francisco Chronicle * *
A writer who has been one of the most original and talented not only in his own country but anywhere * * New York Times Book Review * *
Book Information
ISBN 9781786893383
Author David Grossman
Format Paperback
Page Count 192
Imprint Canongate Canons
Publisher Canongate Books
Series Canons
Weight(grams) 133g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 12mm
