Mythos : The Greek Myths Retold

Stephen Fry
Penguin Books • 2017

Become one of the first to discover Stephen Fry's magnificent retelling of the greatest myths and legends ever told . . . THE PERFECT ADDITION TO EVERY BOOKSELF THIS CHRISTMAS. 'Perfect for the 21st C...entury. Ebullient, funny, Fry retells the Greek myths with elegance' The Times 'A wondrous new immersion in ancient stories we only thought we knew. Page to page, Mythos is brilliant, funny, erudite, inventive, surprising and enthralling' Richard North Patterson'Fry's lively writing certainly conveys his lifelong passion for Greek myths . . . It's a rollicking good read' The Independent:No one loves and quarrels, desires and deceives as boldly and brilliantly as Greek gods and goddesses. They are like us, only more so - their actions and adventures scrawled across the heavens above. From the birth of the universe to the creation of humankind, Stephen Fry - who fell in love with these stories as a child - retells these myths for our tragic, comic, fateful age. Witness Athena born from the cracking open of Zeus's great head and follow Persephone down into the dark realm of Hades. Experience the terrible and endless fate of Prometheus after his betrayal of Zeus and shiver as Pandora opens her jar of evil torments. The Greek gods are the best and worst of us, and in Stephen Fry's hands they tell us who we are. Mythos - smart, funny, and above all great fun - is the retelling we deserve by a man who has been entertaining the nation for over four decades.
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Táto kniha priam ožíva pred očami. Vtiahne nás do magického sveta, kde je možné všetko. Všetko, na čo si len pomyslíte, sa môže šmahom ruky splniť. Neexistujú hranice. Asi takto to vnímali ľudia, ktorí žili spolu s bohmi. No bohovia boli veľmi náladoví a nevyspytateľní. Nie vždy to s nimi bolo ľahké. Mali slabosti, rovnako ako človek. Podliehali svojim túžbam. Nechávali sa ovládať[...]

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Kniha Mýty je splneným snom každého knihomoľa, ktorý obľubuje dejiny, anglickú tvorbu a suchý humor. Stephen Fry je známy herec a spisovateľ, udomácnený tak v komediálnych, ako aj dramatických úlohách. Predstavuje prototyp vzdelaného umelca s nadhľadom, ktorý za žiadnych okolností nestráca pevnú pôdu pod nohami a na svet nahliada s kritickou zhovievavosťou. Jeho štýl je badateľný už od[...]

Become one of the first to discover Stephen Fry's magnificent retelling of the greatest myths and legends ever told . . . THE PERFECT ADDITION TO EVERY BOOKSELF THIS CHRISTMAS. 'Perfect for the 21st Century. Ebullient, funny, Fry retells the Greek myths with elegance' The Times 'A wondrous new immersion in ancient stories we only thought we knew. Page to page, Mythos is brilliant, funny, erudite, inventive, surprising and enthralling' Richard North Patterson'Fry's lively writing certainly conveys his lifelong passion for Greek myths . . . It's a rollicking good read' The Independent:No one loves and quarrels, desires and deceives as boldly and brilliantly as Greek gods and goddesses. They are like us, only more so - their actions and adventures scrawled across the heavens above. From the birth of the universe to the creation of humankind, Stephen Fry - who fell in love with these stories as a child - retells these myths for our tragic, comic, fateful age. Witness Athena born from the cracking open of Zeus's great head and follow Persephone down into the dark realm of Hades. Experience the terrible and endless fate of Prometheus after his betrayal of Zeus and shiver as Pandora opens her jar of evil torments. The Greek gods are the best and worst of us, and in Stephen Fry's hands they tell us who we are. Mythos - smart, funny, and above all great fun - is the retelling we deserve by a man who has been entertaining the nation for over four decades.

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