The Leto Bundle
by Marina Warner
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On the run, in a far-off era of civil strife, Leto gives birth to twins, shelters with wolves, survives in a desert stronghold as the lover of its commander, stows away on a ship loaded with plundered antiquities and then works as a maid in a war-torn city. She loses her son but saves her daughter during a long siege. As the novel sweeps from mythological times and the Middle Ages to the treasure-hunting of Victorian Europe and into the present day, Leto reappears in different guises. show more Eventually she becomes a servant to a rock singer, and begins to search for her son. show lessTags
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This book works on so many levels. It blends an alternative reality that resembles ours with history and mythology, works in an interesting commentary on to whom ancient artifacts really belong, carries the narrative forward in various different text types, and tells the story of a very special woman who seems to be slipping through time. What's not to love?
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Booker Prize
491 works; 62 members
Man Booker Prize Longlist 2001
24 works; 2 members
Author Information
72+ Works 5,552 Members
Marina Warner is Professor of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies at the University of Essex and a distinguished writer of fiction, criticism, and history.
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