Cleopatra Dismounts: A Novel

By: Carmen Boullosa

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Synopsis: An enchanting, audacious retelling of the Cleopatra story from a Mexican novelist who is &“a luminous writer&” and &“a masterful spinner of the fantastic&” (The Miami Herald). In Cleopatra Dismounts, Carmen Boullosa has written a remarkable imaginary life of one of history&’s most legendary women. Dying in Marc Antony&’s arms, Cleopatra bewails the end of her political career throughout ancient Egypt, Greece, and the Mediterranean. But is this weak woman the true Cleopatra? Through the intervention of Cleopatra&’s scribe and informer Diomedes, Boullosa creates two deliriously wild other lives for the young monarch—a girl escaping the intrigues of royal society to disguise herself and take up residence with a band of pirates; and the young queen who is carried across the sea on the back of a magical bull, to live among the Amazons. Magical, multifaceted, and rippling with luminous imagination, Cleopatra Dismounts confirms Carmen Boullosa as an important international voice. &“Wildly entertaining.&” —The Washington Post &“A highly appealing and poetic interpretation of the Egyptian queen&’s doomed fate.&” —San Francisco Chronicle &“The Mexican fabulist Carmen Boullosa reinvents Cleopatra as a character for modern feminism to conjure with.&” —The Boston Globe

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 244 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780802198037
Related ISBNs:: 9780802139795
Publisher:: Grove Atlantic
Date of Addition:: 09/16/23
Copyrighted By:: Carmen Boullosa
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Biographies and Memoirs, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.