Ebook {Epub PDF} Ragnarok: The End of the Gods by A.S. Byatt

Ragnarök: The End of the Gods, A.S. Byatt’s reweaving of the Norse cycle of myths is, for such a short book, epic. Ragnarök is part of the Canongate Myth Series, which since has published retellings of famous myths by accomplished authors the world over (you might recognize Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad or Philip Pull ~*~/5. Author:Byatt, A.S. Ragnarok: The End of the Gods (Canons). Each month we recycle over million books, saving over 12, tonnes of books a year from going straight into landfill sites. All of our paper waste is recycled and turned into corrugated cardboard. Ragnarok - The End of the Gods by A.S. Byatt - paperback () published by Canongate 6 June An odyssey of childhood, mythology and the imagination from the Booker Prize-winning author of Possession and The Children’s Book.

KIRKUS REVIEW. A multilayered retelling of the end of the world from Norse mythology, framed by the award-winning British novelist's analysis of how myth relates to her own work. This slim volume doesn't invite comparison with the expansive novels of Byatt (Possession, , etc.). As she explains, "Gods, demons and other actors in myths. Ragnarok - The End of the Gods by A.S. Byatt - paperback () published by Canongate 6 June An odyssey of childhood, mythology and the imagination from the Booker Prize-winning author of Possession and The Children's Book. Ragnarok: The End of the Gods by A. S. Byatt As the bombs rain down in the Second World War, one young girl is evacuated to the English countryside. Struggling to make sense of her new wartime life, she is given a copy of a book of ancient Norse myths and her inner and outer worlds are transformed.

Ragnarok: The End of the Gods - Kindle edition by Byatt, A.S.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Ragnarok: The End of the Gods. Through the mind of a young child, A.S. Byatt skillfully re-tells the story of the Norse gods from their creation to their ultimate destruction in "Ragnarök: The End of the Gods". Only ever identified as "the thin child", she is only three at the outbreak of World War II and living in a northern steel town in England but is evacuated with her. A multilayered retelling of the end of the world from Norse mythology, framed by the award-winning British novelist’s analysis of how myth relates to her own work.