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The Helmet Of Horror: The Myth of Theseus and the Minotaur (Myths)
Victor Pelevin
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Paperback. When Ariadne helped Theseus escape the Minotaur's labyrinth with the aid of a ball of thread, she led the way for the bewildered victims of a twenty-first century minotaur. Translator(s): Bromfield, Andrew. Series: Myths. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 216. The Myth of Theseus and the Minotaur. Series: Myths. 288 pages. When Ariadne helped Theseus escape the Minotaur's labyrinth with the aid of a ball of thread, she led the way for the bewildered victims of a twenty-first century minotaur. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FQ. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight: 216. Translator(s): Bromfield, Andrew.
When Ariadne helped Theseus escape the Minotaur's labyrinth with the aid of a ball of thread, she led the way for the bewildered victims of a twenty-first century minotaur. Trapped in an endless maze of Internet chatrooms, a group of mystified strangers find themselves assigned obscure aliases and commanded by the Helmet of Horror, the Minotaur himself. As they fumble their way back to reality through a mesmerising world of abundant information but little knowledge, we are forced to wonder - can technology itself be anything more than a myth?
When Ariadne helped Theseus escape the Minotaur's labyrinth with the aid of a ball of thread, she led the way for the bewildered victims of a twenty-first century minotaur. Trapped in an endless maze of Internet chatrooms, a group of mystified strangers find themselves assigned obscure aliases and commanded by the Helmet of Horror, the Minotaur himself. As they fumble their way back to reality through a mesmerising world of abundant information but little knowledge, we are forced to wonder - can technology itself be anything more than a myth?
Product Details
Publisher
CANONGATE BOOKS LTD
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Series
Myths
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781841958897
SKU
V9781841958897
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About Victor Pelevin
Born in Moscow, Victor Pelevin has written for the New York Times Magazine, Granta, Open City and was selected by the New Yorker as one of the 'Best European Writers Under 35' and by the Observer as one of the '21 Writers for the 21st Century'. His novel, Numbers, won the Russian Grigoriev Prize 2004.
Reviews for The Helmet Of Horror: The Myth of Theseus and the Minotaur (Myths)
A brilliant post-modern, eclectic vision of myth, mind and meaning. And of the human dilemma and its horns, ancient and modern.
The Times
It presents ideas that the wider European mind finds useful, and it is sharp, funny and, what's the word, numinous.
Sunday Times
Pelevin is a ... Read more
The Times
It presents ideas that the wider European mind finds useful, and it is sharp, funny and, what's the word, numinous.
Sunday Times
Pelevin is a ... Read more