Description
Employing Ovid's ancient tale of Iphis and Ianthe as a means of interrogating notions of gender fluidity and the rigidity of social convention, Smith's dazzling and playful short novel centres on two very different sisters and their paths through life.
Girl meets boy. It's a story as old as time. But what happens when an old story meets a brand new set of circumstances?
Ali Smith's remix of Ovid's most joyful metamorphosis is a story about the kind of fluidity that can't be bottled and sold. It is about girls and boys, girls and girls, love and transformation, a story of puns and doubles, reversals and revelations. Funny and fresh, poetic and political, here is a tale of change for the modern world.
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.
Book Details
Format: |
Paperback |
Number of Pages: |
176 |
ISBN: |
9781786892478 |
Published: |
2 Aug 2018 |
Dimensions: |
191 x 123 x 12 (mm) |
Language: |
English |
