by Christa Wolf · Diario El País, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788498152388
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«Casandra» is the historical novel by Christa Wolf, published by Diario El País in paperback (142 pages, in Spanish).
Casandra, daughter of Priam and Hecuba, receives from Apollo the gift of prophecy, but the god, spurned, ensures no one believes her predictions. The novel recreates the myth of the fall of Troy and connects it with the Cold War, while the protagonist, confined, reflects on knowledge and the female condition.
Number 34 of El País's Historical Novels collection, 2005 edition. Translated by Miguel Sáenz from the German original Kassandra (1983).
For those seeking reinterpretations of classical myths and historical novels with a critical backdrop.
Christa Wolf was a German novelist and essayist. She is considered one of the most important writers to emerge from the former East Germany.
