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Imprint: Penguin
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Published: 02/11/2017
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ISBN: 9781405934312
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Length: 925 Minutes
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RRP: £12.00
Penguin presents the downloadable audiobook edition of Mythos written and read by Stephen Fry.
THE TIMES AUDIOBOOK OF THE WEEK
'Perfect for the 21st Century. Ebullient, funny, Fry retells the Greek myths with elegance' The Times
'A cracking good story' The Times Literary Supplement
'A wondrous new immersion in ancient stories we only thought we knew. Page to page, Mythos is brilliant, funny, erudite, inventive, surprising and enthralling' Richard North Patterson
'Fry's lively writing certainly conveys his lifelong passion for Greek myths . . . It's a rollicking good read' The Independent
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No one loves and quarrels, desires and deceives as boldly and brilliantly as Greek gods and goddesses. They are like us, only more so - their actions and adventures scrawled across the heavens above.
From the birth of the universe to the creation of humankind, Stephen Fry - who fell in love with these stories as a child - retells these myths for our tragic, comic, fateful age. Witness Athena born from the cracking open of Zeus's great head and follow Persephone down into the dark realm of Hades. Experience the terrible and endless fate of Prometheus after his betrayal of Zeus and shiver as Pandora opens her jar of evil torments.
The Greek gods are the best and worst of us, and in Stephen Fry's hands they tell us who we are. Mythos - smart, funny, and above all great fun - is the retelling we deserve by a man who has been entertaining the nation for over four decades.
'A cracking good story' The Times Literary Supplement
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Imprint: Penguin
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Published: 02/11/2017
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ISBN: 9781405934312
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Length: 925 Minutes
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RRP: £12.00
Reviews
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The Greek myths are told to you here by the ever-soothing voice of Stephen Fry, who takes you from Zeus to Athena with his typical humour. <b>The Greek gods of the past become relatable as pop culture, modern literature and music are woven throughout. It is joyfully informal yet full of the literary legacy threaded through so much of the tapestry of contemporary Greece</b>
The Guardian
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<b>Wit and erudition are impressively evident . . . Read by Fry with his accustomed ebullient showmanship [he]</b> <b>gives the legends modern resonance by telling them with a contemporary colloquial twist'</b>
The Times
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<i><b>Mythos</b></i><b> is the best thing he's written since his superb first novel . . . it is entertaining and edifying - one cannot really ask for more than that</b>
The Telegraph
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<b>Fry's lively writing certainly conveys his lifelong passion for Greek myths . . . It's a rollicking good read</b>
The Independent
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Fry <b>reimagines</b> the Greek myths with <b>wit, warmth and humanity</b>, bringing them into the <b>modern age</b>. A welcome addition to any bookshelf
Book Bag
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<i>Mythos</i> is Stephen's <b>vivid retelling</b> of the Greek myths. Bringing to life the Gods, monsters and mortals of Ancient Greece, he <b>reimagines their astonishing stories for the modern world.</b>
Express and Star
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<i><b>Perfect for the 21st Century. Ebullient, funny, Fry retells </b></i><b><i>the Greek myths with elegance </i></b>
The Times
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<b>A wondrous new immersion in ancient stories we only thought weknew. Page to page, <i>Mythos </i>is brilliant, funny, erudite, inventive, surprising and enthralling</b>
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<b>[Fry] exhibits prodigious learning, a great facility with words, and enormous erudition and enthusiasm </b>
Mail on Sunday
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<b>Lively, humorous and intimate, this retelling has real charm </b>
The Guardian
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Fry takes us from <b>Zeus to Athena with humour. </b>The Greek<b> gods of the past become relatable as </b>pop culture, modern literature and music are woven throughout. <b>Joyfully informal yet full of the literary legacy</b>
Guardian
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<b>Fresh revivals of the myths of ancient Greece. In his own imitable style, Fry takes an erudite look at the doings of gods, goddesses, kings, queens and ordinary mortals</b>
The Bay
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<b>Entertaining </b>and <b>edifying</b> . . . Fry flexes his famous intellect in making the myths coherent and natural. <b>T</b><b>he best thing Fry's written</b> since his superb first novel, <i>The Liar</i>
Telegraph
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<b><i>Mythos</i> combines authority and accessibility</b>. Most readers will learn something, many a great deal; and <b>all will find the experience enjoyable</b>
Scotsman
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<b>Arguably the greatest living Englishman</b>
Indendent on Sunday
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<b>The patron saint of British intelligence</b>
Daily Telegraph
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<b>National Treasure</b>: noun - someone or something regarded as emblematic of a nation's cultural heritage, such as Stephen Fry
Oxford English Dictionary
