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Metamorphica - by Zachary Mason (Paperback)

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  • A brilliant and daring novel that reimagines Ovid's Metamorphoses In the tradition of his bestselling debut novel The Lost Books of the Odyssey, Zachary Mason's Metamorphica transforms Ovid's epic poem of endless transformation.
  • About the Author: Zachary Mason is a computer scientist and the author of The Lost Books of the Odyssey and Void Star.
  • 304 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Fantasy

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A brilliant and daring novel that reimagines Ovid's Metamorphoses

In the tradition of his bestselling debut novel The Lost Books of the Odyssey, Zachary Mason's Metamorphica transforms Ovid's epic poem of endless transformation. It reimagines the stories of Narcissus, Pygmalion and Galatea, Midas and Atalanta, and strings them together like the stars in constellations--even Ovid becomes a story. It's as though the ancient mythologies had been rewritten by Borges or Calvino; Metamorphica is an archipelago in which to linger for a while; it reflects a little light from the morning of the world.



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"Mason shows that [The Lost Books of the Odyssey] was a warm-up for an even more ambitious reimagining of an epic work. Where Odysseus unifies the earlier work, Ovid's Metamorphoses and, necessarily, Mason's latest are more sprawling, introducing readers to the likes of Icarus, Midas, Orpheus, and Eurydice . . . Both soaring and deep, this dazzling narrative creates a fictional universe of myth that transcends time itself." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"Metamorphica is a joy of a book. Mason understands beautifully that traditions are most powerful in their reinvention. Beyond their tremendous lyricism and admirable control, these retellings of Mediterranean myth offer the truest pleasure of all fiction, its immense possibility. Metamorphica brims with imagination and an astonishing empathy that reminds us that even the most ancient of legends can feel urgent to us today, if only we would just listen." --Kanish Tharoor, author of Swimmer Among the Stars

"Lush and very smart . . . the stories . . . throb with tragedy, transformation, and wars." --JR Ramakrishnan, Electric Literature on The Lost Books of the Odyssey

"[An] impressive collection of flash fictions that accentuate the pain, frustrations, and regrets of well-known and unfamiliar myths." --Publishers Weekly on The Lost Books of the Odyssey

"Jubilant in execution. Perverse and irreverent." --Katherine A. Powers, The Boston Globe on The Lost Books of the Odyssey

"Mason's prose is finely wrought . . . His imagination soars and his language delights." --Adam Mansbach, The New York Times Book Review

"Clever, compelling, and often poignant . . . Mason's puckishly archaic diction, a wiseacre's revision of Richmond Lattimore with swing and jazz, is such a pleasure." --Jesse Berrett, San Francisco Chronicle




About the Author



Zachary Mason is a computer scientist and the author of The Lost Books of the Odyssey and Void Star. He lives in California.
Dimensions (Overall): 7.2 Inches (H) x 4.5 Inches (W) x .9 Inches (D)
Weight: .65 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Fantasy
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Number of Pages: 304
Publisher: Picador USA
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Author: Zachary Mason
Language: English
Street Date: July 9, 2019
TCIN: 90827343
UPC: 9781250215000
Item Number (DPCI): 247-48-9375
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.9 inches length x 4.5 inches width x 7.2 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.65 pounds
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