A brilliant and daring novel that reimagines Ovid's Metamorphoses
In the tradition of his bestselling debut novel The Lost Books of the Odyssey, Zachary Mason's Metamorphica transforms Ovid's epic poem of endless transformation. It reimagines the stories of Narcissus, Pygmalion and Galatea, Midas and Atalanta, and strings them together like the stars in constellations―even Ovid becomes a story. It's as though the ancient mythologies had been rewritten by Borges or Calvino. Metamorphica is an archipelago in which to linger for a while; it reflects a little light from the morning of the world.
About the Author :
Zachary Mason is a computer scientist and the author of The Lost Books of the Odyssey and Void Star. He lives in California.
Bronson Pinchot is an Earphones and Audie Award-winning narrator and Audible's Narrator of the Year for 2010.
Kevin Kenerly, an Earphones Award-winning narrator, earned a BA at Olivet College. A longtime member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, he has acted in more than twenty seasons, playing dozens of roles.
Robertson Dean has played leading roles on and off Broadway and at dozens of regional theaters. He has a BA from Tufts University and an MFA from Yale. His audiobook narration has garnered numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards.
Will Damron is an Earphones Award-winning audiobook narrator and actor who has appeared off Broadway and on stage and screen throughout the country.
Xe Sands has more than a decade of experience bringing stories to life through narration, performance, and visual art. She has received several honors, including many AudioFile Earphones Awards and a coveted Audie Award, and she was named Favorite Debut Romance Narrator of 2011 in the Romance Audiobooks poll.
Amy Landon is a voice artist and classically trained actress with numerous film, television, and off-Broadway stage credits. Her voice can also be heard on many television and radio commercials. Her narration of Texts from Jane Eyre placed as a finalist for the Audie Award for Best Humor Narration in 2016.
Kate Reading is an Audie Award-winning narrator and has received numerous Earphones Awards from AudioFile magazine. Her narration has been recognized as Reader of the Year by Publishers Weekly, and by Booklist's 2019 Top of the List, for the American Library Association. She and her husband, narrator Michael Kramer, record at their home studio in Maryland, Madison Productions. Learn more at KateReadingAudioBooks.com.
Robin Miles, named a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine, has won several Audie Awards and many Earphones Awards and AudioFile Best of the Year accolades.
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Review :
"A subtle, inventive, and moving meditation on the nature of story."
-- "John Banville, Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea, on The Lost Books of the Odyssey"
"Both soaring and deep, this dazzling narrative creates a fictional universe of myth that transcends time itself."
-- "Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"
"Impressive...Readers familiar with Greek mythology will appreciate Mason's mournful riffs highlighting the darker recesses of mythology."
-- "Publishers Weekly"
"Jubilant in execution. Perverse and irreverent."
-- "Boston Globe on The Lost Books of the Odyssey"
"Marvelous...The stories' wonderful variety reflects the cunning, resourceful character of Odysseus himself."
-- "Wall Street Journal on The Lost Books of the Odyssey"
"Mason, who debuted by reimagining the travels and travails of Odysseus...now reimagines Ovid's epic poem about ceaseless change. Narcissus, Pygmalion and Galatea, Midas and Atalanta, even Ovid himself are all seen in a bright new light."
-- "Library Journal"
"Witty, playful, moving, and tirelessly inventive...Mason has found a supple, lyrical voice in these pages that captures the spirit of the original Odyssey and at the same time feels freshly contemporary."
-- "New York Times on The Lost Books of the Odyssey"
