Athena (novel)
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Athena (1995) is a novel by John Banville.
In it a woman stepping out of her lover's canvasses.[1] It contains a character called Morrow.[2] There is murder, art and Greek mythology.[3] There is also a serial killer.[4]
Reviewers compared it favourably with the writing of John Fowles, William Gass, John Hawkes and Vladimir Nabokov.[5]
References
- ^ Arana, Marie (19 September 1999). "John Banville: Ireland's Wordsmith". The Washington Post.
- ^ "`Athena': Colorful portrait of the low life". The Washington Times. 28 May 1995.
- ^ "Cryptic, gripping, multifaceted `Athena'". The Boston Globe. 23 May 1995.
- ^ Bernstein, Richard (9 May 1995). "Books of the Times; Art and Murder in a Hall of Mirrors". The New York Times.
- ^ Busch, Frederick (2 July 1995). "The Word Made Flesh". Los Angeles Times.