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Chimera

Chimera

Penned By John Barth
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Chimera

Chimera

Penned By John Barth
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By the winner of the National Book Award and bestselling author of "The Tidewater Tales," three of the great myths of all time revisited by a modern master. Dunyazade, Scheherazade's kid sister, holds the destiny of herself and the prince who holds her captive.Perseus, the demigod who slew the Gorgon Medusa, finds himself at forty battling for simple self-respect like any common mortal.Bellerophon, once a hero for taming the winged horse Pegasus, must wrestle with a contentment that only leaves him wretched.

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Length 308 Pages
Language En-US
Released 1972
Identifier (ISBN) 24840
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John Barth is a writer and avid reader based in the Pacific Northwest. Before pursuing writing full-time, they spent over a decade working in education. When not working on their next book, John Barth can usually be found hiking with their dog or trying out new coffee shops in their neighborhood.

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