I, Antigone

I, Antigone
Carlo Gebler
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Hardback
h216 x 135mm - 256pg
27 Aug 2021 IRE
International import eta 10-19 days
9781848408142
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After her father' s death in exile, Antigone returns to Thebes determined to set the record straight and restore her father' s reputation. Tracing the histories of Oedipus and his parents Laius and Jocasta, as well as the peripheral characters of the plays who had a central role in him fulfilling his destiny, Antigone' s ' biography' causes us to re-evaluate the extent to which any of us can be entirely blamed for the actions by which we will be defined. Ending with Antigone making a conscious choice to reclaim her brother' s corpse from the battlefield, an act of defiance which will guarantee her own death, the book ultimately meditates on the illusion of free will, and the warning that context is everything, I, ANTIGONE will be a major contribution to the reclaimed classics.
CARLO GEBLER is a novelist, biographer, playwright, memoirist, critic and occasional broadcaster. His novels include The Cure, How to Murder a Man, The Dead Eight and The Innocent of Falkland Road. He has considerable experience adapting classic literature for a modern readership, while maintaining, even enhancing, the integrity of the original, including his 2019 retelling of Aesop' s Fables, illustrated by Gavin Weston, and his 2020 selection from the Decameron. He has worked as a prison and university teacher for many years and also worked with Patrick Maguire (of the Maguire Seven) on his memoir My Father' s Watch. He is married and has five children. He is a member of Aosdana and lives in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781848408142
Published: 27 Aug 2021
Published In: Ireland
Imprint: New Island Books
Publisher: New Island Books
Format: Hardback
Height: 216mm
Width: 135mm
Spine: 40mm
Weight: 400g
Pages: 256

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