Tag Archives: Classics

House of Names – Colm Tóibín

Posted on 14/10/2017 by Roseanna

Hot on the heels of Bright Air Black, another literary reinterpretation of a Classical myth (this time, the Oresteia)… which was probably a bad idea. I mean, this has been on my reading pile for ages, so I was going to get … Continue reading →

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The Wicked + The Divine Volume 4: Rising Action – Gillen, McKelvie, Wilson, Cowles

Posted on 20/10/2016 by Roseanna

ARGH. It’s a good “ARGH”, though. So you remember I was pretty un-fond of WicDiv Vol. 3? The disparate styles and… lack of plot cohesion really got to me. But I concluded that I had a good feeling that the … Continue reading →

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Ody-C Volume 1 – Off to Far Ithicaa – Matt Fraction and Christian Ward

Posted on 07/01/2016 by Roseanna

Well. I mean, look at it. It’s just beautiful, no? And it’s an actually original, inspired re-write of the Odyssey. You remember all those half-formed misgivings I had about originality in The Wicked + The Divine? None of those here. Not … Continue reading →

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