Dogs and Monsters
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Dogs and Monsters
Letto da:
Christina Cole, Rachel Bavidge, Robert Bathurst, Steve John Shepherd
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Mark Haddon
Greek myths have fascinated people for millenia, seeing in them lessons about fate and hubris and the contingency of existence. Mark Haddon digs into the heart of these ancient fables and sees them anew. The dawn goddess Eos asked asks Zeus to give her lover Tithonus eternal life, but forgets to ask for eternal youth. In “The Quiet Limit of the World” Haddon imagines Tithonus’ life as he slowly ages over thousands of years, turning the cautionary tale of tempting the gods into a spellbinding meditation on witnessing death from the outside, and ultimately, how carnal love evolves into something richer and more poignant with time. In “The Mother’s Story,” Haddon takes the myth of the minotaur in his labyrinth, in which the beast is the spawn of the monstrous lust of the king’s wife Pasiphae, and turns it into a wrenching parable of maternal love for a damaged child, and the more real monstrosities of patriarchy. In “D.O.G.Z.” the story of Actaeon, who was turned into a stag after glimpsing the naked goddess Diana and torn to pieces by his hunting dogs, becomes a visceral metaphor about the continuum of human and animal behavior.
Other stories play with contemporary mythic tropes – genetic engineering, trying to escape the future, the viciousness of adolescent ostracism – to showcase how modern humans are subject to the same capriciousness that obsessed the Greeks. Haddon’s tales cover a vast range, from the mythic to the domestic, from ancient Greece to the present day, from stories about love to stories about cruelty, from battlefields to bed and breakfasts, from dogs in space to doors between worlds, all of them bound together by a profound sympathy and an understanding of how human beings act and think and feel when pushed to the very edge. Throughout Haddon’s supple prose showcases his astonishing powers of observation, of both the physical world and the workings of the psyche. His vision is clear-eyed, but always resolutely empathetic.
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Recensioni della critica
“The work of a consummate storyteller, the brilliantly conceived Dogs and Monsters illuminates a variety of species, both real and mythical, including our own.”
- The New York Times
“Brilliant…Thought-provoking, dark and wonderful.”
- People
"A masterful collection of richly inventive stories, inspired by myths and legends."
- The Minneapolis Star Tribune
"Run, don’t walk, to pick up this new collection from Haddon (“The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime”)…With a combination of compassion and authority, the author shows that his command of short fiction continues to keep pace with his novels."
- The LA Times
“Timeless spins on classic Greek myths. . . The author seems to be toying with the essence of storytelling, the way that it has persevered and sustained itself through the ages . . . The times may change but the stories remain the same in this ambitious, eclectic collection.”
- Kirkus Reviews
"A potent collection of stories about human foibles and desires...This is divine."
- Publisher's Weekly (starred review)
“A marvel of a collection - suffused with curiosity, humanity and mystery, bold in its scope and virtuoso in its telling. Mark Haddon makes stories matter.”
– Kaliane Bradley, NY Times bestselling author of The Ministry of Time
"In sentences as precisely cut as paper sculptures, Mark Haddon fits ancient myth to the cruelties and wonders of the present"
― Francis Spufford
"These delicately worked and impressively patient stories show us what other visions might reveal themselves when we are not in too much of a hurry to get to the end."
―The Observer
"A gripping exploration of narratives and those who control them…The tight prose and descriptive range are remarkable… There isn’t much room for redemption in this wise, immersive book: but… with a faithful mutt by your side, you’ll (usually) be all right in the end."
― Spectator
"Breathing new life into myths, Haddon heads into the labyrinth in this impressive collection which tackles transformation and transmutation."
― Daily Mail
"Compelling… Haddon’s writing, [is] always rock solid and frequently luminous… All [the stories] are complex, surprising, evocative and richly entertaining"
―The Guardian
"Haddon follows his imagination from the human into the animal realm and beyond, into the divine… [in these] supple and emotionally involving tales."
―Times Literary Supplement
"Eight engrossing, inventive retellings of myths… Dogs feature throughout, and it is humans who are the monsters. Highly recommended."
― Mail on Sunday
- The New York Times
“Brilliant…Thought-provoking, dark and wonderful.”
- People
"A masterful collection of richly inventive stories, inspired by myths and legends."
- The Minneapolis Star Tribune
"Run, don’t walk, to pick up this new collection from Haddon (“The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime”)…With a combination of compassion and authority, the author shows that his command of short fiction continues to keep pace with his novels."
- The LA Times
“Timeless spins on classic Greek myths. . . The author seems to be toying with the essence of storytelling, the way that it has persevered and sustained itself through the ages . . . The times may change but the stories remain the same in this ambitious, eclectic collection.”
- Kirkus Reviews
"A potent collection of stories about human foibles and desires...This is divine."
- Publisher's Weekly (starred review)
“A marvel of a collection - suffused with curiosity, humanity and mystery, bold in its scope and virtuoso in its telling. Mark Haddon makes stories matter.”
– Kaliane Bradley, NY Times bestselling author of The Ministry of Time
"In sentences as precisely cut as paper sculptures, Mark Haddon fits ancient myth to the cruelties and wonders of the present"
― Francis Spufford
"These delicately worked and impressively patient stories show us what other visions might reveal themselves when we are not in too much of a hurry to get to the end."
―The Observer
"A gripping exploration of narratives and those who control them…The tight prose and descriptive range are remarkable… There isn’t much room for redemption in this wise, immersive book: but… with a faithful mutt by your side, you’ll (usually) be all right in the end."
― Spectator
"Breathing new life into myths, Haddon heads into the labyrinth in this impressive collection which tackles transformation and transmutation."
― Daily Mail
"Compelling… Haddon’s writing, [is] always rock solid and frequently luminous… All [the stories] are complex, surprising, evocative and richly entertaining"
―The Guardian
"Haddon follows his imagination from the human into the animal realm and beyond, into the divine… [in these] supple and emotionally involving tales."
―Times Literary Supplement
"Eight engrossing, inventive retellings of myths… Dogs feature throughout, and it is humans who are the monsters. Highly recommended."
― Mail on Sunday
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