Gate To The Sea
Bryher
Bryher’s favored focus is the lives of ordinary people on the fringe of historical events. Gate to the Sea is the most evanescent of these glimpses at the people who live through historical events mostly made by others; the characters in the novella seem ready to crumble beneath any mishandling. There’s an old, ailing couple who have already begged the priestess for hemlock. The priestess of Hera who must consider that request is herself on the brink of dismissal from her post, and she has watched the annual celebrations of the goddess among the surviving Greeks dwindle and decay. But there is, just possibly, a chance for these shattered slaves and for the emblems of their gods, brought by a visitor of questionable sanity. Does he know where the city’s sacred medallion was buried? Can the slaves avoid betrayal and escape with it? Against a backdrop of loss and melancholy their story of slender hope offers a poignant glimpse at the fate that came to one Greek city after another, the piecemeal process that eventually brought an end to the wide-flung world of Magna Graeca. ~ David Maclaine
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Genre | Historical Fiction |
Publication Date | 1959 |
Publisher | Collins |
Format | Hardcover |
No. of Pages | 126 |
Language | English |
Rating | NotRated |
BookID | 4444 |