by Roberto Calasso · Editorial Anagrama · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788433914309
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«Las bodas de Cadmo y Harmonía» is the Greek mythology novel by Roberto Calasso, published by Editorial Anagrama in paperback (374 pages, in Spanish).
«Las bodas de Cadmo y Harmonía» centres on the last occasion when the gods of Olympus shared a table with mortals. From that banquet, Calasso traces the fabric of Greek mythology, with episodes such as the abduction of Europa, the madness of Orestes or the search of Demeter, interweaving love, violence and destiny.
June 1994 edition corresponding to volume 100 of Anagrama's Compactos collection, translated by Joaquín Jordá; original title: «Le nozze di Cadmo e Armonia».
For readers interested in Greek mythology and contemporary literary fiction.
Roberto Calasso was an Italian writer and publisher. Apart from his mother tongue, Calasso was fluent in French, English, Spanish, German, Latin and ancient Greek. He also studied Sanskrit. He has been called "a literary institution of one". The fundamental thematic concept of his œuvre is the relationship between myth and the emergence of modern consciousness.
