“roberto calasso”

From the internationally acclaimed author of Cadmus and Harmony and Ka: an utterly original, fascinating interpretation of the work of Franz Kafka that is simultaneously an unprecedented exploration into the mystery of Kafka himself. What are Kafka's stories about? Are they dreams? Allegories? Symbo... More

`With ''The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony'', Calasso turned ancient legends into modern literature and created a postmodern novel out of the ancient myths of classical Greece... in ''Ka'', Calasso attempts to do the same with the far more sprawling and elusive corpus of classical Sanskrit literatur... More

Already an international literary event, and translated into a dozen languages, The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony is a book without any modern parallel. Forming an active link in a chain that reaches back through Ovid's Metamorphoses directly to Homer, Roberto Calasso's reexploration of the fantast... More

Literature and the Gods traces the return of pagan divinities to Western literature, from their first reappearance at the beginning of the modern era to their place in the literature of our own time, and whist doing so profoundly deepens our understanding of our literary tradition. Based on the pres... More

From the internationally acclaimed author of Cadmus and Harmony and Ka: an utterly original, fascinating interpretation of the work of Franz Kafka that is simultaneously an unprecedented exploration into the mystery of Kafka himself. What are Kafka's stories about? Are they dreams? Allegories? Symbo... More

From the internationally acclaimed author of "The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony and "Ka: an utterly original, fascinating interpretation of the work of Franz Kafka that is simultaneously an unprecedented exploration into the mystery of Kafka himself. What are Kafka's stories about? Are they dreams?... More