{"product_id":"xo-orpheus-kate-bernheimer-9780143122425","title":"Xo Orpheus: Fifty New Myths","description":"\u003cb\u003eFifty leading writers retell myths from around the world in this dazzling follow-up to the bestselling \u003ci\u003eMy Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAimee Bender\u003c\/b\u003e retells the myth of the\u003cb\u003e Titans.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth McCracken\u003c\/b\u003e retells the myth of \u003cb\u003eLamia, \u003c\/b\u003e the child-eating mistress of Zeus. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMadeline Miller\u003c\/b\u003e retells the myth of \u003cb\u003eGalatea.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eKevin Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e retells the myth of \u003cb\u003ePhaeton, \u003c\/b\u003e from Ovid's \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eEmma Straub and Peter Straub\u003c\/b\u003e retell the myth of \u003cb\u003ePersephone.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eHeidi Julavits\u003c\/b\u003e retells the myth of \u003cb\u003eOrpheus and Euridice.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eRon Currie, Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e retells the myth of \u003cb\u003eDedalus.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eMaile Meloy\u003c\/b\u003e retells the myth of \u003cb\u003eDemeter.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eZachary Mason\u003c\/b\u003e retells the myth of \u003cb\u003eNarcissus.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eJoy Williams\u003c\/b\u003e retells the myth of \u003cb\u003eArgos, \u003c\/b\u003e Odysseus' dog. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e If \"xo\" signals a goodbye, then \u003ci\u003exo Orpheus\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kate Bernheimer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143122428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143122425\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/24\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2013 pg. 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/11\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2013 pg. 34","brand":"Kate Bernheimer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050483183871,"sku":"9780143122425","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5b521146-7a2f-4590-9c8b-b42518206066.jpg?v=1685007490","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/xo-orpheus-kate-bernheimer-9780143122425","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}