Mark Haddon
Dogs and Monsters

2024 | Nakladatelství Folio, spol.s r.o.

From the bestselling author of The Porpoise come eight mesmerising stories exploring what, ultimately, makes us human.Mark Haddon weaves ancient fables into fresh and unexpected forms, and forges new legends to sit alongside them. The myth of the Minotaur in his labyrinth is turned into a wrenching parable of maternal …love - and of the monstrosities of patriarchy. The lover of a goddess, Tithonus, is gifted eternal life but without eternal youth. Actaeon, changed into a stag after glimpsing the naked Diana and torn to pieces by his hunting dogs, becomes a visceral metaphor about how humans use and misuse animals.From genetic engineering to the eternal complications of family, Haddon showcases masterfully how we are subject to the same elemental forces that obsessed the Greeks. Whether describing Laika the Soviet space dog on her fateful orbit, or St Anthony wrestling with loneliness in the desert, his astonishing powers of observation are at their height when illuminating the thin line between human and animal. From the bestselling author of The Porpoise come eight mesmerising stories exploring what, ultimately, makes us human.Mark Haddon weaves ancient fables into fresh and unexpected forms, and forges new …legends to sit alongside them. The myth of the Minotaur in his labyrinth is turned into a wrenching parable of maternal love - and of the monstrosities of patriarchy. The lover of a goddess, Tithonus, is gifted eternal life but without eternal youth. Actaeon, changed into a stag after glimpsing the naked Diana and torn to pieces by his hunting dogs, becomes a visceral metaphor about how humans use and misuse animals.From genetic engineering to the eternal complications of family, Haddon showcases masterfully how we are subject to the same elemental forces that obsessed the Greeks. Whether describing Laika the Soviet space dog on her fateful orbit, or St Anthony wrestling with loneliness in the desert, his astonishing powers of observation are at their height when illuminating the thin line between human and animal.

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O knize

Stav:	nová
Vazba:	Brožovaná
Počet stran:	273
Jazyk:	česky , anglicky
ISBN10:	1784745561
ISBN:	9781784745561
Vydání:	1
Vystaveno:	24. 2. 2025 0:32
Číslo položky:	1152573

O autorovi

Mark Haddon

Mark Haddon vystudoval Angličtinu na Merton College v Oxfordu. Svou literární kariéru začal již na na konci 80. let 20. století, kdy vydal několik dětských knih. V roce 2003 mu vyšel první román pro dospělé Podivný případ se psem, za který byl oceněn několika prestižními cenami, mimo jiné Whitbreadovou cenou. Dnes je uznávaným scénáristou, ilustrátorem a autorem knížek pro dospělé i pro děti. Žije v Oxfordu.

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