The Helios Disaster
New York : World Editions, 2020.
Format: Book
Description: 189 pages ; 21 cm
This modern spin on the myth of Athena plunges us deep inside the mind of an unlikely twelve-year-old goddess confined to a small Swedish town. Separated from her father just moments after bursting from his skull in full armor, Anna is packed off into foster care where she learns to ski, speaks in tongues, and negotiates the needs of a quirky cast of relatives. Unable to overcome her father's absence, however, she finally succumbs to depression and is institutionalized. Anna's rallying war cry rings out across the pages of this concise and piercing novel as a passionate appeal for belonging taken to its emotional extreme.
Subjects:
Athena (Greek deity) -- Fiction.
Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.
Foster children -- Fiction.
Loneliness -- Fiction.
Athena (Greek deity) -- Fiction.
Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.
Foster children -- Fiction.
Loneliness -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781642860689
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F Bostrom Knausgard | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Fiction | In |
Originally published as: Helioskatastrofen by Modernista, 2013. Originally published in translation: London : World Editions, 2015.
Translated from the Swedish.
Translated from the Swedish.