Girl Meets Boy

Girl Meets Boy

Softcover
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Description

Girl meets boy. It's a story as old as time. But what happens when an old story meets a brand new set of circumstances?

Ali Smith's remix of Ovid's most joyful metamorphosis is a story about the kind of fluidity that can't be bottled and sold. It is about girls and boys, girls and girls, love and transformation, a story of puns and doubles, reversals and revelations. Funny and fresh, poetic and political, here is a tale of change for the modern world.

The Myths series brings together some of the world's finest writers, each of whom has retold a myth in a contemporary and memorable way. Authors in the series include Karen Armstrong, Margaret Atwood, A.S. Byatt, David Grossman, Natsuo Kirino, Alexander McCall Smith, Philip Pullman, Ali Smith and Jeanette Winterson.

Book Information

Main Genre
Novels
Sub Genre
Contemporary
Format
Softcover
Pages
164
Price
13.00 €

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Ich kannte den Mythos von Iphis und Ianthe bereits und fand diesen von Anfang an irgendwie faszinierend. Jahrelang hatte ich Girl Meets Boy in meinem Regal stehen, ohne mir bewusst zu sein, dass das Buch diesen Mythos thematisiert. Sonst hätte ich es wahrscheinlich schon früher gelesen. Ali Smith verwendet wunderschöne Stilmittel um in diesem kurzen Buch eine Geschichte über Liebe und Revolution zu erzählen. Darüber, nicht nur zu dem zu stehen, wer man ist, sondern auch dazu einzustehen. Der alte Mythos wird in die Geschichte eingeflochten. Mir hat das Buch gut gefallen, vor allem wegen des schönen Schreibstils.

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Book #6 of Pride Month This was weird, but in the best way possible. I don't like when authors don't use inverted commas in dialogues because it leaves me really confused at times, but the book itself made me think a lot. I was actually quite enamored with it.

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