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Ardor by Roberto Calasso
$28.00 AUD
Category: History
In this revelatory volume, Roberto Calasso, whom the Paris Review has called 'a literary institution', explores the ancient texts known as the Vedas. Little is known about the Vedic people who lived more than three thousand years ago in northern India: they left behind almost no objects, images, ruins. ...Show more
Celestial Hunter by Roberto Calasso
$50.00 AUD
Category: On Writing
The eighth part of Roberto Calasso's monumental series on the primal forces of civilizationThe eighth part of Roberto Calasso's singular work in progress that began in 1983 withThe Ruin of Kasch,The Celestial Hunteris an inspired and provocative exploration of mankind's relationship with myth, the divin ...Show more
Ka: Stories of the Mind and Gods of India by Roberto Calasso
$30.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
With the same narrative fecundity he brought to The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony, Calasso plunges Western readers into the consciousness of ancient India.
La Folie Baudelaire by Roberto Calasso
$55.00 AUD
Category: European
Roberto Calasso is one of the most original and acclaimed of writers on literature, art, culture and mythology. In "Baudelaire's Folly", Calasso turns his attention to the poets and writers of Paris in the nineteenth century who created what was later called 'the Modern.' His protagonist is Charles Baud ...Show more
La Folie Baudelaire by Roberto Calasso
$36.00 AUD
Category: Literary
A spectacular act of close reading and looking by a great writer In La Folie Baudelaire, Roberto Calasso--one of the most original and acclaimed writers on literature, art, culture, and mythology--turns his attention to the poets and writers of Paris in the nineteenth century who created what was later ...Show more
Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony (The) by Calasso Roberto
$30.00 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage International Ser.
Presenting the stories of Zeus and Europa, Theseus and Ariadne, the birth of Athens and the fall of Troy, in all their variants, Calasso also uncovers the distant origins of secrets and tragedy, virginity, and rape.
The Book of All Books by Roberto Calasso
$27.00 AUD
Category: Religion
A captivating and highly original retelling of key stories from the Bible - the culmination of a lifetime's literary work. A man named Saul is sent to search for some lost donkeys and on the way is named king of his people. The queen of a remote African realm travels for three years with her entourage ...Show more
The Book of All Books by Roberto Calasso
$55.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
A splendid reimagining of key stories from the Bible, from the renowned Italian writer, thinker and publisherA man named Saul is sent to search for some lost donkeys and on the way is named king of his people. The queen of a remote African realm travels for three years with her entourage to meet the kin ...Show more
The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony by Roberto Calasso
$23.00 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony is a masterful retelling of the ancient myths and fables we may only think we know. From the tale of Europa and the bull to the fall of Troy, Roberto Calasso weaves his way through the entire world of Greek mythology with a captivating sense of curiosity and intrigue t ...Show more
The Tablet of Destinies by Roberto Calasso
$35.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
An immersive and entertaining tale based on the Mesopotamian myth of the Great Flood, from the renowned publisher and writer Roberto Calasso'The Flood didn't come suddenly as a big surprise. It came at the end of a long, tormented story. Men just went on multiplying and the noise they made was ever more ...Show more
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