Orpheus

by Nazlı Eray

Robert Finn's translation of Turkish author Nazli Eray's Orph e makes available to the English-language reader a rewriting of the myth from the perspective of Eurydice, the wife of Orpheus. Eray's surrealistic version takes place in a hot resort town in contemporary Turkey. The setting of an archaeological dig gives a connection to the past and literally to the underworld. Found in the dig is a statue of the Roman emperor Hadrian, who proceeds...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292714092
• ISBN13: 9780292714090
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.6" x 8.6"