In store now! Cassandra by Christa Wolf

Before Atwood’s The Peneliopad, before Pat Barker’s Silence of the Girls, and Madeline Miller’s The Song of Achilles, Christa Wolf pre-empted the entire new wave of feminist historical revision with Cassandra. Parallelling Cassandra’s experiences in Troy with her own experiences in East Germany, Wolf pulls contemporary relevance and compulsive force from some of our most ancient stories. 

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Cassandra by Christa Wolf

Paperback £10.99

Cassandra, daughter of the King of Troy, is endowed with the gift of prophecy but fated never to be believed. After ten years of war, Troy has fallen to the Greeks, and Cassandra is now a prisoner, shackled up outside the gates of Agamemnon’s Mycenae. Through memories of her childhood and reflections on the long years of conflict, Cassandra pieces together the fall of her city. From a woman living in an age of heroes, here is the untold personal story overshadowed by the battlefield triumphs of Achilles and Hector.

This stunning reimagining of the Trojan War is a rich and vivid portrayal of the great tragedy that continues to echo throughout history.

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