[D66] Garmonbozia: Leestip UvA: Ragnarok

[Dr. Marc-Alexander Fluks]

Bron:  Universiteit van Amsterdam
       Spui 25 (Electronisch blad voor UvA Alumni)
Datum: 29 augustus 2011
URL:   http://www.spui25.nl

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Ragnarok | The End of the Gods
De Engelstalige editie van A.S. Byatt's nieuwe roman Ragnarok
is nu voor de speciale prijs van EU 12,50 verkrijgbaar bij de
Athenaeum Boekhandel (Spui 14-16) of via http://www.athenaeum.nl
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Ragnarok - The End of the Gods
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EU              12,50
Auteur          A.S. Byatt
Uitgegeven bij  Canongate
isbn            9781847678430

Beschrijving van de uitgever

During the second world war Antonia Byatt was given a book of Norse 
myths by her father. She read it and reread it but there was one myth 
she was drawn to in particular and which has continued to hold her 
under its spell - the Myth of Ragnarok. The Ragnarok myth, otherwise 
known as the Twilight of the Gods, plays out the endgame of Norse 
mythology. It is the myth in which the gods Odin, Freya and Thor die, 
the sun and moon are swallowed by the wolf Fenrir, the serpent Midgard 
eats his own tale as he crushes the world and the seas boil with 
poison. It is only after such monstrous death and destruction that the 
world can begin anew. This epic struggle provided the fitting climax 
to Wagner's Ring Cycle and just as Wagner was inspired by Norse myth 
(it was also Hitler's favourite myth!) so Byatt has taken this 
remarkable finale and used it as the underpinning of this highly 
personal and politically charged retelling.