parallel stories
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Retelling timeless tales
Did you know that there is a series of amazing books which are retellings of mythical tales, each by a famous author? I didn’t either! But I came across the “Myth Series” while looking for something else, and was blown away. The story of Penelope by Margaret Atwood? The story of Atlas and Heracles by… Continue reading
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Parallel stories
When Possession (A.S. Byatt) came out in 1990, readers of literary fiction swarmed libraries and bookstores to get copies of this story-within-a-story relating the modern day characters to famous people in the past. In Byatt’s tale, a scholar finds an old letter written by Randolph Ash, which leads him into delicious research that in turn… Continue reading