The Doom Of Darkendown

YO-HO-WHO? Dispatched by a dying professor to the world of Darkendown, writer Robin Adam has to assume control of its afterlife prison colony. She must also rule over a country inhabited by pig-and pterodactyl-folk, literary characters, and--most feared of all--the infamous “Christmas Pirates.” Robin will need all these strange (but staunch) allies as she faces her Great Test: the redemption of her own brother. To be a true Judge, she must first take a seat in her own dock--and not the most wonderful people or the wildest powers can stand between her and her Doom.

A Bold, Iconoclastic New Look at One of the Great Works of Greek Tragedy In this innovative rendition of The Oresteia, the poet, translator, and essayist Anne Carson combines three different visions—Aischylos' Agamemnon, Sophokles' Elektra, and Euripides' Orestes—giving birth to a wholly new experience of the classic Greek triumvirate of vengeance. After the murder of her daughter Iphegenia by her husband Agamemnon, Klytaimestra exacts a mother's revenge, murdering Agamemnon and his mistress, Kassandra. Displeased with Klytaimestra's actions, Apollo calls on her son, Orestes, to avenge his father's death with the help of his sister Elektra. In the end, Orestes, driven mad by the Furies for his bloody betrayal of family, and Elektra are condemned to death by the people of Argos, and must justify their actions—signaling a call to change in society, a shift from the capricious governing of the gods to the rule of manmade law. Carson's accomplished rendering combines elements of contemporary vernacular with the traditional structures and rhetoric of Greek tragedy, opening up the plays to a modern audience. In addition to its accessibility, the wit and dazzling morbidity of her prose sheds new light on the saga for scholars. Anne Carson's Oresteia is a watershed translation, a death-dance of vengeance and passion not to be missed.

Reproduction of the original: Poems by Walter R. Cassels

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