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Anonymous Sun Dec 19 20:23:49 2010 No.1374124 [Reply] [Original]

Does /lit/ know any good books on greek (roman is also cool) myths retold by a modern writer?

>>	John !rAOwMGYtnY Sun Dec 19 20:25:49 2010 No.1374132 inb4 atlas shrugged

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 19 20:26:49 2010 No.1374137 >>1374132 Yeah, yeah and can we get Ulysses out of the way too.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 19 20:28:49 2010 No.1374149 Jean-Paul Sartre - The Flies A short and great play about Electra

>>	ForcedMeme !IsAMEmE6C2 Sun Dec 19 20:34:49 2010 No.1374164 The Helmet of Horror by Viktor Pelevin, a chat-room retelling of the Minotaur myth.

>>	ForcedMeme !IsAMEmE6C2 Sun Dec 19 20:38:49 2010 No.1374172 Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun series has at least one myth retelling (again, the Minotaur) embedded in it.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 19 20:42:49 2010 No.1374185 is that old nigger holding a divining rod?

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 19 20:47:49 2010 No.1374206 >>1374185 he seems to be