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008			140415s1984 nyu 000 1 eng d
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100	1		_aWolf, Christa _99966
245	1	0	_aCassandra : _ba novel and four essays / _cby Christa Wolf ; translated from the German by Jan van Heurck.
260			_anew York : _bFarrar, Straus and Giroux, _c1984.
300			_a305 p. ; _c21 cm
500			_aOriginally published in German in two volumes under the titles Voraussetzungen einer Erzählung : Kassandra ; and, Kassandra, Erzählung.
505			_aIn the tradition of such masterpieces of historical fiction as Mary Renault's The King Must Die, East German writer Christa Wolf movingly retells the story of the fall of Troy - but from the point of view of the woman whose visionary powers earned her contempt and scorn. Written as a result of the author's Greek travels and studies, Cassandra speaks to us in a pressing monologue whose inner focal points are patriarchy and war. In the four accompanying pieces, which take the form of travel reports, journal entries, and a letter, Wolf describes the novel's genesis. Incisive and intelligent, the entire volume represents an urgent call to examine the past in order to insure a future.
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