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xo Orpheus: Fifty New Myths
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xo Orpheus: Fifty New Myths
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Icarus flies once more. Aztec jaguar gods again stalk the earth. An American soldier designs a new kind of Trojan horse—his cremains in a bullet. Here, in beguiling guise, are your favorite mythological figures alongside characters from Indian, Punjabi, Inuit, and other traditions.
retells the myth of the
retells the myth of
the child-eating mistress of Zeus.
from Ovid’s
retell the myth of
Odysseus’ dog.
If “xo” signals a goodbye, then
is a goodbye to an old way of mythmaking. Featuring talkative goats, a cat lady, a bird woman, a beer-drinking ogre, a squid who falls in love with the sun, and a girl who gives birth to cubs, here are extravagantly imagined, bracingly contemporary stories, heralding a new beginning for one of the world’s oldest literary traditions.