Alcestis
Iambik Discontinues Development of “LibriVox” Iphone App
New Releases: February 5, 2013
Paul Almond’s The Pilgrim, as Told by the Author
New Audiobook Releases: January 17, 2013
Exclusive! A free (and sexy) Jon Papernick short story
Happy second birthday to us! Let’s celebrate with a giveaway.
New audiobooks: to your ears from the pens of Edward Willett, Marc Estrin, E. Nesbit & Thomas Hardy
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August 2, 2012: New Sci-fi and Fantasy Audiobooks
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Sexy Primes for Summertime (#jiam, #jiam2012)
June is Audiobook Month, or as we like to call it, Discount Season
Paul Almond’s Alford Saga Continues
New Audiobook Releases 3/30/12: Crime, Sci-fi & Fantasy, Literary Fiction
In memoriam: Gregg Margarite
“Finch, however, can step in the same river twice.” Author Steve Himmer & narrator Mark F. Smith discuss The Bee-Loud Glade
Captivating. Impressive. Nuanced. Kind Reviews & Giveaway Time
“I am my audience, my admirer and my critic.” Author Robert Wexler and narrator Robert Keiper on narration, theatre, and literature
Literary Fiction Collection #5 (Including Super Special Post-Holiday Discount)
Graham Storrs interview and TimeSplash giveaway: “In film and literature, there is hardly a single instance where time travel actually turns out well.”
The prolific and the chroniclers: author Lise McClendon speaks with narrators Denice Stradling and Mark Douglas Nelson
New Audiobook Releases: Darkness and Light in Crime, Sci-fi, and Literary Fiction
Bourbon, Bar Girls, and Books: Introducing Crime Collection #3
What you call “random accidents” I call “squishy moments.” Arjun Basu with narrator Bruce Pirie
New Audiobook Releases: Gripping Suspense, Apocalyptic Sci-Fi, and Mayhem with a Side of Fantasy
LibriVox Selections iPhone App
New literary and crime audiobook releases: November 2, 2011
Birthday Contest Winners!
The somber, the hysterical, the dark and the light: Introducing Literary Fiction Collection #4
“Sometimes it’s quite a balancing act.” Listening with Elizabeth Medeiros
New Releases: October 10, 2001
Iambik’s Turning One! Let’s Celebrate with a Giveaway Bash
Letting characters find their crime. Author Lynn Kostoff chats with narrator Ken Campbell
Introducing Romance Audiobook Collection #1
Dark Fiction: New Releases for September 21, 2011
How to Listen Closely: Questions on Proof-Listening with Darla Middlebrook
New Releases for September 15, 2001: Short Stories, Romance, Political Science/Nonfiction
“I listened to both books with extreme pleasure and excitement.” Author Mary Anderson with Xe Sands
Author Mary Anderson: “Is The Catcher in the Rye a YA book? Yes and no.”
“Okayletstrythis”: Carla Gunn and Anita Roy Dobbs discuss Amphibian, clones, and getting started
New audiobook releases for August 18: Academic satire, fantastic fiction, and a guide to being alone
New Releases: August 10, 2011
Roundup: Iambik narrators elsewhere
New releases from Iambik, August 3, 2011
Speaking up: some listener comments
Mixing it up: our first Classic, Romance, and Young Adult titles are here!
Introducing Crime Collection #2
“Only the blank page has limitless possibilities.” Matt Bell talks to Mark F. Smith
Audio: Miette & J. Robert Lennon. “Inspiration is just the thing that gets you the pile of crap that will eventually be something good if you keep working on it.”
“People have been very kind to me.” Lee Ann Howlett on conquering Thomas Hardy and The Ginseng O.
“The audiobook becomes a part of your journey.” Clive Catterall on audiobooks in the car
“The characters took on another and bolder layer of life.” Author Daniel A. Hoyt talks audiobooks with narrator Charles Bice. #jiam2011
“it’s fun to let loose that inner cartoon character every once in a while.” The many voices of Charles Bice. #jiam2011
“The very best lines are far too naughty to quote here.” The glory of Cori Samuel #jiam2011
“I’m embarking on post-graduate work here.” Anita Roy Dobbs on Amphibian and more… #jiam2011
“My tendency is to try to balance the ridiculous and the sublime.” Tadhg Hynes talks shop with James Greer. #jiam2011
“A voice like slow whiskey and chocolate.” 5 Questions for Xe Sands #jiam2011
“Oh, he’s out there talking to himself again.” Narrator Tadhg Hynes #jiam2011
Presenting Literary Collection #3
“I wonder, where that magic town is in which people speak like you.” Five Questions for narrator Ruth Golding #jiam2011
Five Questions for audiobook narrator Diane Havens #jiam2011
June is Audiobook Month and Iambik is Audiobooks.
“In a lot of ways, I just wrote the story I would have liked to read.” Author Toby Frost and narrator Clive Catterall discuss Space Captain Smith. #jiam2011
Interview with David Wilk about Iambik & other things
“Being lost in the woods for a year and suddenly finding a path.” Author Rick Collignon answers Charles Bice
“A love of two-fisted fiction.” Author Max Phillips answers Narrator Gord Mackenzie
Articulate Matter: Q&A with narrator Diane Havens & author Katharine Beutner
Announcing LitFic Collection #2
Announcing: Crime Collection #1
Covers From Our Upcoming Crime Collection
Iambik in OverDrive: Barnes & Noble, Waterstones, Libraries and More
eMusic Loves Iambik
The Question of Revenue Share
iambikast #1: Gordon Lish in Conversation with John Oakes
Interview: Andrew Kaufman and Gordon Mackenzie (All My Friends Are Superheroes)
Why iambik doesn’t use DRM
Oh Pure and Radiant Heart – Sample
No Lease on Life – Sample
Like Son – Sample
Icelander: Sample
Our Favourite Article So Far
Friends, Listeners, Internetpeople . . . Open Your Ears
- Narrator:
- Iambik Discontinues Development of “LibriVox” Iphone App
- New Releases: February 5, 2013
- Paul Almond’s The Pilgrim, as Told by the Author
- New Audiobook Releases: January 17, 2013
- Exclusive! A free (and sexy) Jon Papernick short story
- Happy second birthday to us! Let’s celebrate with a giveaway.
- New audiobooks: to your ears from the pens of Edward Willett, Marc Estrin, E. Nesbit & Thomas Hardy
- Love audiobooks? Here’s a chance to hear them free.
- August 2, 2012: New Sci-fi and Fantasy Audiobooks
- New in Crime, Dark Fantasy, Literary Fiction, & Mark Twain
- Sexy Primes for Summertime (#jiam, #jiam2012)
- June is Audiobook Month, or as we like to call it, Discount Season
- Paul Almond’s Alford Saga Continues
- New Audiobook Releases 3/30/12: Crime, Sci-fi & Fantasy, Literary Fiction
- In memoriam: Gregg Margarite
- “Finch, however, can step in the same river twice.” Author Steve Himmer & narrator Mark F. Smith discuss The Bee-Loud Glade
- Captivating. Impressive. Nuanced. Kind Reviews & Giveaway Time
- “I am my audience, my admirer and my critic.” Author Robert Wexler and narrator Robert Keiper on narration, theatre, and literature
- Literary Fiction Collection #5 (Including Super Special Post-Holiday Discount)
- Graham Storrs interview and TimeSplash giveaway: “In film and literature, there is hardly a single instance where time travel actually turns out well.”
- The prolific and the chroniclers: author Lise McClendon speaks with narrators Denice Stradling and Mark Douglas Nelson
- New Audiobook Releases: Darkness and Light in Crime, Sci-fi, and Literary Fiction
- Bourbon, Bar Girls, and Books: Introducing Crime Collection #3
- What you call “random accidents” I call “squishy moments.” Arjun Basu with narrator Bruce Pirie
- New Audiobook Releases: Gripping Suspense, Apocalyptic Sci-Fi, and Mayhem with a Side of Fantasy
- LibriVox Selections iPhone App
- New literary and crime audiobook releases: November 2, 2011
- Birthday Contest Winners!
- The somber, the hysterical, the dark and the light: Introducing Literary Fiction Collection #4
- “Sometimes it’s quite a balancing act.” Listening with Elizabeth Medeiros
- New Releases: October 10, 2001
- Iambik’s Turning One! Let’s Celebrate with a Giveaway Bash
- Letting characters find their crime. Author Lynn Kostoff chats with narrator Ken Campbell
- Introducing Romance Audiobook Collection #1
- Dark Fiction: New Releases for September 21, 2011
- How to Listen Closely: Questions on Proof-Listening with Darla Middlebrook
- New Releases for September 15, 2001: Short Stories, Romance, Political Science/Nonfiction
- “I listened to both books with extreme pleasure and excitement.” Author Mary Anderson with Xe Sands
- Author Mary Anderson: “Is The Catcher in the Rye a YA book? Yes and no.”
- “Okayletstrythis”: Carla Gunn and Anita Roy Dobbs discuss Amphibian, clones, and getting started
- New audiobook releases for August 18: Academic satire, fantastic fiction, and a guide to being alone
- New Releases: August 10, 2011
- Roundup: Iambik narrators elsewhere
- New releases from Iambik, August 3, 2011
- Speaking up: some listener comments
- Mixing it up: our first Classic, Romance, and Young Adult titles are here!
- Introducing Crime Collection #2
- “Only the blank page has limitless possibilities.” Matt Bell talks to Mark F. Smith
- Audio: Miette & J. Robert Lennon. “Inspiration is just the thing that gets you the pile of crap that will eventually be something good if you keep working on it.”
- “People have been very kind to me.” Lee Ann Howlett on conquering Thomas Hardy and The Ginseng O.
- “The audiobook becomes a part of your journey.” Clive Catterall on audiobooks in the car
- “The characters took on another and bolder layer of life.” Author Daniel A. Hoyt talks audiobooks with narrator Charles Bice. #jiam2011
- “it’s fun to let loose that inner cartoon character every once in a while.” The many voices of Charles Bice. #jiam2011
- “The very best lines are far too naughty to quote here.” The glory of Cori Samuel #jiam2011
- “I’m embarking on post-graduate work here.” Anita Roy Dobbs on Amphibian and more… #jiam2011
- “My tendency is to try to balance the ridiculous and the sublime.” Tadhg Hynes talks shop with James Greer. #jiam2011
- “A voice like slow whiskey and chocolate.” 5 Questions for Xe Sands #jiam2011
- “Oh, he’s out there talking to himself again.” Narrator Tadhg Hynes #jiam2011
- Presenting Literary Collection #3
- “I wonder, where that magic town is in which people speak like you.” Five Questions for narrator Ruth Golding #jiam2011
- Five Questions for audiobook narrator Diane Havens #jiam2011
- June is Audiobook Month and Iambik is Audiobooks.
- “In a lot of ways, I just wrote the story I would have liked to read.” Author Toby Frost and narrator Clive Catterall discuss Space Captain Smith. #jiam2011
- Interview with David Wilk about Iambik & other things
- “Being lost in the woods for a year and suddenly finding a path.” Author Rick Collignon answers Charles Bice
- “A love of two-fisted fiction.” Author Max Phillips answers Narrator Gord Mackenzie
- Articulate Matter: Q&A with narrator Diane Havens & author Katharine Beutner
- Announcing LitFic Collection #2
- Announcing: Crime Collection #1
- Covers From Our Upcoming Crime Collection
- Iambik in OverDrive: Barnes & Noble, Waterstones, Libraries and More
- eMusic Loves Iambik
- The Question of Revenue Share
- iambikast #1: Gordon Lish in Conversation with John Oakes
- Interview: Andrew Kaufman and Gordon Mackenzie (All My Friends Are Superheroes)
- Why iambik doesn’t use DRM
- Oh Pure and Radiant Heart – Sample
- No Lease on Life – Sample
- Like Son – Sample
- Icelander: Sample
- Our Favourite Article So Far
- Friends, Listeners, Internetpeople . . . Open Your Ears
- Publisher:
- Iambik Discontinues Development of “LibriVox” Iphone App
- New Releases: February 5, 2013
- Paul Almond’s The Pilgrim, as Told by the Author
- New Audiobook Releases: January 17, 2013
- Exclusive! A free (and sexy) Jon Papernick short story
- Happy second birthday to us! Let’s celebrate with a giveaway.
- New audiobooks: to your ears from the pens of Edward Willett, Marc Estrin, E. Nesbit & Thomas Hardy
- Love audiobooks? Here’s a chance to hear them free.
- August 2, 2012: New Sci-fi and Fantasy Audiobooks
- New in Crime, Dark Fantasy, Literary Fiction, & Mark Twain
- Sexy Primes for Summertime (#jiam, #jiam2012)
- June is Audiobook Month, or as we like to call it, Discount Season
- Paul Almond’s Alford Saga Continues
- New Audiobook Releases 3/30/12: Crime, Sci-fi & Fantasy, Literary Fiction
- In memoriam: Gregg Margarite
- “Finch, however, can step in the same river twice.” Author Steve Himmer & narrator Mark F. Smith discuss The Bee-Loud Glade
- Captivating. Impressive. Nuanced. Kind Reviews & Giveaway Time
- “I am my audience, my admirer and my critic.” Author Robert Wexler and narrator Robert Keiper on narration, theatre, and literature
- Literary Fiction Collection #5 (Including Super Special Post-Holiday Discount)
- Graham Storrs interview and TimeSplash giveaway: “In film and literature, there is hardly a single instance where time travel actually turns out well.”
- The prolific and the chroniclers: author Lise McClendon speaks with narrators Denice Stradling and Mark Douglas Nelson
- New Audiobook Releases: Darkness and Light in Crime, Sci-fi, and Literary Fiction
- Bourbon, Bar Girls, and Books: Introducing Crime Collection #3
- What you call “random accidents” I call “squishy moments.” Arjun Basu with narrator Bruce Pirie
- New Audiobook Releases: Gripping Suspense, Apocalyptic Sci-Fi, and Mayhem with a Side of Fantasy
- LibriVox Selections iPhone App
- New literary and crime audiobook releases: November 2, 2011
- Birthday Contest Winners!
- The somber, the hysterical, the dark and the light: Introducing Literary Fiction Collection #4
- “Sometimes it’s quite a balancing act.” Listening with Elizabeth Medeiros
- New Releases: October 10, 2001
- Iambik’s Turning One! Let’s Celebrate with a Giveaway Bash
- Letting characters find their crime. Author Lynn Kostoff chats with narrator Ken Campbell
- Introducing Romance Audiobook Collection #1
- Dark Fiction: New Releases for September 21, 2011
- How to Listen Closely: Questions on Proof-Listening with Darla Middlebrook
- New Releases for September 15, 2001: Short Stories, Romance, Political Science/Nonfiction
- “I listened to both books with extreme pleasure and excitement.” Author Mary Anderson with Xe Sands
- Author Mary Anderson: “Is The Catcher in the Rye a YA book? Yes and no.”
- “Okayletstrythis”: Carla Gunn and Anita Roy Dobbs discuss Amphibian, clones, and getting started
- New audiobook releases for August 18: Academic satire, fantastic fiction, and a guide to being alone
- New Releases: August 10, 2011
- Roundup: Iambik narrators elsewhere
- New releases from Iambik, August 3, 2011
- Speaking up: some listener comments
- Mixing it up: our first Classic, Romance, and Young Adult titles are here!
- Introducing Crime Collection #2
- “Only the blank page has limitless possibilities.” Matt Bell talks to Mark F. Smith
- Audio: Miette & J. Robert Lennon. “Inspiration is just the thing that gets you the pile of crap that will eventually be something good if you keep working on it.”
- “People have been very kind to me.” Lee Ann Howlett on conquering Thomas Hardy and The Ginseng O.
- “The audiobook becomes a part of your journey.” Clive Catterall on audiobooks in the car
- “The characters took on another and bolder layer of life.” Author Daniel A. Hoyt talks audiobooks with narrator Charles Bice. #jiam2011
- “it’s fun to let loose that inner cartoon character every once in a while.” The many voices of Charles Bice. #jiam2011
- “The very best lines are far too naughty to quote here.” The glory of Cori Samuel #jiam2011
- “I’m embarking on post-graduate work here.” Anita Roy Dobbs on Amphibian and more… #jiam2011
- “My tendency is to try to balance the ridiculous and the sublime.” Tadhg Hynes talks shop with James Greer. #jiam2011
- “A voice like slow whiskey and chocolate.” 5 Questions for Xe Sands #jiam2011
- “Oh, he’s out there talking to himself again.” Narrator Tadhg Hynes #jiam2011
- Presenting Literary Collection #3
- “I wonder, where that magic town is in which people speak like you.” Five Questions for narrator Ruth Golding #jiam2011
- Five Questions for audiobook narrator Diane Havens #jiam2011
- June is Audiobook Month and Iambik is Audiobooks.
- “In a lot of ways, I just wrote the story I would have liked to read.” Author Toby Frost and narrator Clive Catterall discuss Space Captain Smith. #jiam2011
- Interview with David Wilk about Iambik & other things
- “Being lost in the woods for a year and suddenly finding a path.” Author Rick Collignon answers Charles Bice
- “A love of two-fisted fiction.” Author Max Phillips answers Narrator Gord Mackenzie
- Articulate Matter: Q&A with narrator Diane Havens & author Katharine Beutner
- Announcing LitFic Collection #2
- Announcing: Crime Collection #1
- Covers From Our Upcoming Crime Collection
- Iambik in OverDrive: Barnes & Noble, Waterstones, Libraries and More
- eMusic Loves Iambik
- The Question of Revenue Share
- iambikast #1: Gordon Lish in Conversation with John Oakes
- Interview: Andrew Kaufman and Gordon Mackenzie (All My Friends Are Superheroes)
- Why iambik doesn’t use DRM
- Oh Pure and Radiant Heart – Sample
- No Lease on Life – Sample
- Like Son – Sample
- Icelander: Sample
- Our Favourite Article So Far
- Friends, Listeners, Internetpeople . . . Open Your Ears
- Proof-listener:
- Iambik Discontinues Development of “LibriVox” Iphone App
- New Releases: February 5, 2013
- Paul Almond’s The Pilgrim, as Told by the Author
- New Audiobook Releases: January 17, 2013
- Exclusive! A free (and sexy) Jon Papernick short story
- Happy second birthday to us! Let’s celebrate with a giveaway.
- New audiobooks: to your ears from the pens of Edward Willett, Marc Estrin, E. Nesbit & Thomas Hardy
- Love audiobooks? Here’s a chance to hear them free.
- August 2, 2012: New Sci-fi and Fantasy Audiobooks
- New in Crime, Dark Fantasy, Literary Fiction, & Mark Twain
- Sexy Primes for Summertime (#jiam, #jiam2012)
- June is Audiobook Month, or as we like to call it, Discount Season
- Paul Almond’s Alford Saga Continues
- New Audiobook Releases 3/30/12: Crime, Sci-fi & Fantasy, Literary Fiction
- In memoriam: Gregg Margarite
- “Finch, however, can step in the same river twice.” Author Steve Himmer & narrator Mark F. Smith discuss The Bee-Loud Glade
- Captivating. Impressive. Nuanced. Kind Reviews & Giveaway Time
- “I am my audience, my admirer and my critic.” Author Robert Wexler and narrator Robert Keiper on narration, theatre, and literature
- Literary Fiction Collection #5 (Including Super Special Post-Holiday Discount)
- Graham Storrs interview and TimeSplash giveaway: “In film and literature, there is hardly a single instance where time travel actually turns out well.”
- The prolific and the chroniclers: author Lise McClendon speaks with narrators Denice Stradling and Mark Douglas Nelson
- New Audiobook Releases: Darkness and Light in Crime, Sci-fi, and Literary Fiction
- Bourbon, Bar Girls, and Books: Introducing Crime Collection #3
- What you call “random accidents” I call “squishy moments.” Arjun Basu with narrator Bruce Pirie
- New Audiobook Releases: Gripping Suspense, Apocalyptic Sci-Fi, and Mayhem with a Side of Fantasy
- LibriVox Selections iPhone App
- New literary and crime audiobook releases: November 2, 2011
- Birthday Contest Winners!
- The somber, the hysterical, the dark and the light: Introducing Literary Fiction Collection #4
- “Sometimes it’s quite a balancing act.” Listening with Elizabeth Medeiros
- New Releases: October 10, 2001
- Iambik’s Turning One! Let’s Celebrate with a Giveaway Bash
- Letting characters find their crime. Author Lynn Kostoff chats with narrator Ken Campbell
- Introducing Romance Audiobook Collection #1
- Dark Fiction: New Releases for September 21, 2011
- How to Listen Closely: Questions on Proof-Listening with Darla Middlebrook
- New Releases for September 15, 2001: Short Stories, Romance, Political Science/Nonfiction
- “I listened to both books with extreme pleasure and excitement.” Author Mary Anderson with Xe Sands
- Author Mary Anderson: “Is The Catcher in the Rye a YA book? Yes and no.”
- “Okayletstrythis”: Carla Gunn and Anita Roy Dobbs discuss Amphibian, clones, and getting started
- New audiobook releases for August 18: Academic satire, fantastic fiction, and a guide to being alone
- New Releases: August 10, 2011
- Roundup: Iambik narrators elsewhere
- New releases from Iambik, August 3, 2011
- Speaking up: some listener comments
- Mixing it up: our first Classic, Romance, and Young Adult titles are here!
- Introducing Crime Collection #2
- “Only the blank page has limitless possibilities.” Matt Bell talks to Mark F. Smith
- Audio: Miette & J. Robert Lennon. “Inspiration is just the thing that gets you the pile of crap that will eventually be something good if you keep working on it.”
- “People have been very kind to me.” Lee Ann Howlett on conquering Thomas Hardy and The Ginseng O.
- “The audiobook becomes a part of your journey.” Clive Catterall on audiobooks in the car
- “The characters took on another and bolder layer of life.” Author Daniel A. Hoyt talks audiobooks with narrator Charles Bice. #jiam2011
- “it’s fun to let loose that inner cartoon character every once in a while.” The many voices of Charles Bice. #jiam2011
- “The very best lines are far too naughty to quote here.” The glory of Cori Samuel #jiam2011
- “I’m embarking on post-graduate work here.” Anita Roy Dobbs on Amphibian and more… #jiam2011
- “My tendency is to try to balance the ridiculous and the sublime.” Tadhg Hynes talks shop with James Greer. #jiam2011
- “A voice like slow whiskey and chocolate.” 5 Questions for Xe Sands #jiam2011
- “Oh, he’s out there talking to himself again.” Narrator Tadhg Hynes #jiam2011
- Presenting Literary Collection #3
- “I wonder, where that magic town is in which people speak like you.” Five Questions for narrator Ruth Golding #jiam2011
- Five Questions for audiobook narrator Diane Havens #jiam2011
- June is Audiobook Month and Iambik is Audiobooks.
- “In a lot of ways, I just wrote the story I would have liked to read.” Author Toby Frost and narrator Clive Catterall discuss Space Captain Smith. #jiam2011
- Interview with David Wilk about Iambik & other things
- “Being lost in the woods for a year and suddenly finding a path.” Author Rick Collignon answers Charles Bice
- “A love of two-fisted fiction.” Author Max Phillips answers Narrator Gord Mackenzie
- Articulate Matter: Q&A with narrator Diane Havens & author Katharine Beutner
- Announcing LitFic Collection #2
- Announcing: Crime Collection #1
- Covers From Our Upcoming Crime Collection
- Iambik in OverDrive: Barnes & Noble, Waterstones, Libraries and More
- eMusic Loves Iambik
- The Question of Revenue Share
- iambikast #1: Gordon Lish in Conversation with John Oakes
- Interview: Andrew Kaufman and Gordon Mackenzie (All My Friends Are Superheroes)
- Why iambik doesn’t use DRM
- Oh Pure and Radiant Heart – Sample
- No Lease on Life – Sample
- Like Son – Sample
- Icelander: Sample
- Our Favourite Article So Far
- Friends, Listeners, Internetpeople . . . Open Your Ears
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Description
In Greek myth, Alcestis is known as the ideal good wife; she loved her husband so much that she died to save his life and was sent to the underworld in his place. In this poetic and vividly-imagined debut, Katharine Beutner gives voice to the woman behind the ideal, bringing to life the world of Mycenaean Greece, a world peopled by capricious gods, where royal women are confined to the palace grounds and passed as possessions from father to husband. Alcestis tells of a childhood spent with her sisters in the bedchamber where her mother died giving birth to her and of her marriage at the age of fifteen to Admetus, the young king of Pherae, a man she barely knows, who is kind but whose heart belongs to a god. She also tells the part of the story that’s never been told: What happened to Alcestis in the three days she spent in the underworld before being rescued by Heracles? In the realm of the dead, Alcestis falls in love with the goddess Persephone and discovers the true horror and beauty of death.
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They knew the child’s name only because her mother died cursing it, clutching at the bloodied bedclothes and spitting out the word as if it tasted sour on her tongue.Reviews
"Beutner renders her multilayered heroine with beauty and delicacy, and concerns herself with no less than the intricacies of the soul…"—Publishers Weekly"Beutner has elevated a relatively minor character in Greek mythology to a major player…In this reworking of the classic legend, a decidedly more complex and restless Alcestis is provided with an intriguing backstory involving her childhood and the untimely death of her favorite sister, Hippothoe…Beutner spices up this classic tale with a decidedly Sapphic flavor."—Booklist
“Powerful, despairing … Beutner has taken loss and sadness, sharpened them, and shaped them into a tale at once profound and daring in what it refuses to give its readers. This is the dawn of an extremely promising career.” — Open Letters Monthly
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Iambik Audio ISBN: 9781926673264Iambik Audio Publication Date: 04/13/11
Print ISBN: 9781569476178
Print Publication Date: 02/01/10
Audio Distribution Rights: Worldwide
Keywords/tags: death, gods-goddesses, greek-mythology, hero, marriage, pomegranate, sapphic-love, sensuality, underworld, women