Clytemnestra - Costanza Casati

Clytemnestra

Costanza Casati

出版社

出版时间

2023-03-07

ISBN

9781728268231

评分

★★★★★
书籍介绍

For fans of Madeline Miller's Circe, a stunning debut following Clytemnestra, the most notorious villainess of the ancient world and the events that forged her into the legendary queen.

As for queens, they are either hated or forgotten. She already knows which option suits her best...

You were born to a king, but you marry a tyrant. You stand by helplessly as he sacrifices your child to placate the gods. You watch him wage war on a foreign shore, and you comfort yourself with violent thoughts of your own. Because this was not the first offence against you. This was not the life you ever deserved. And this will not be your undoing. Slowly, you plot.

But when your husband returns in triumph, you become a woman with a choice.

Acceptance or vengeance, infamy follows both. So, you bide your time and force the gods' hands in the game of retribution. For you understood something long ago that the others never did.

If power isn't given to you, you have to take it for yourself.

A blazing novel set in the world of Ancient Greece for fans of Jennifer Saint and Natalie Haynes, this is a thrilling tale of power and prophecies, of hatred, love, and of an unforgettable Queen who fiercely dealt out death to those who wronged her.

用户评论
可能是同类retelling中写得最爽最大胆的一本了。
用当下的滤镜来看特洛伊战争中的人物们,一部女性史诗。惊艳程度不亚于当初刚看Hamilton时的感受。作者的学院派背景完全就是我的菜,故事和去年在伦敦看The Burnt City正好相互补充。特别喜欢。
确实是非常大胆的retelling,看多了什么勇武的阿伽门农,狡黠的奥德修斯,看到这本中难得的男性英雄的去英雄化还是非常爽快的,而女性角色也终于可以发疯可以心狠手辣了。 最喜欢的几个细节是Clytemnestra得知海伦和情人一起前往特洛伊时感到的pride和satisfaction;以及Clytemnestra的“我不原谅”和Electra的“我不原谅”:疯癫少女代代相传(bushi)。 但可惜的是命运主题还有神与人的对立都处理的偏弱,感情线写的更是弱。整体没有了Myth的厚重感与历史感,但多了轻快感爽快感也还不错。
近期同类型的古希腊retelling里比较优秀的,文笔不错,逝去的金色年华和对于神的愤怒写的颇有韵味,那些思考性的句子写的很美,很喜欢噩梦的描写,梦就是在把们和痛苦的回忆再次缝合的地方;书的重点居然是家庭内部关系,虽然写的很真:觉得只有疼痛才是爱的父亲,被婚姻磨灭逐渐消失的母亲(哎),互相斗气的兄弟姐妹和孩子的叛逆...但是大女主杀掉丈夫还是很支持的(什么)我觉得比较怪的地方就是我觉得人物太现代美国了(?)并没有那个年代的人的思维模式,然后主题也是偏美式的女权吧,就是性格强的女性的女权(?)(感觉并不是很认可里面比较柔弱点的女性)找到一个真的爱你尊重你的男人,为什么不能独美啊.jpg 而且感觉深度不如CS Lewis的《裸颜》明明有那么多关于死亡和历史的话题可以讲
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