by Christa Wolf · Alfaguara · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420425252
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«Casandra» is the novel by Christa Wolf, published by Alfaguara in paperback (163 pages, in Spanish).
In the novel, Cassandra, the Trojan prophetess, waits in Agamemnon's chariot while reviewing her life and her struggle for autonomy. Christa Wolf reconstructs the Trojan War from a female perspective and turns the myth into a reflection on war, power, and the oppression of women.
The translation is by Miguel Sáenz. The German original, «Kassandra», appeared in 1983.
For readers interested in the reinterpretation of classical myths, female voices, and twentieth-century German literature.
Christa Wolf was a German novelist and essayist. She is considered one of the most important writers to emerge from the former East Germany.
