{"product_id":"the-way-to-colonos-sophocles-retold-9781946022776","title":"The Way to Colonos: Sophocles Retold","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fiery modern retelling of three Greek tragedies, \"written in an ageless prose that instantly strikes the reader as the work of a master.\" (Rachel Cusk, from the foreword)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1961, \u003ci\u003eThe Way to Colonos\u003c\/i\u003e recasts three seminal plays by Sophocles into tales of modern women and warfare, probing their characters with savage intimacy. Antigone--a stylish woman in her thirties--wheeling her father, Oedipus, onto the ferry to Colonos, is disgusted by his self-absorption, guilt, and evasions. A suburban Electra dreams of a bloody confrontation with her mother, Clytemnestra, that may never come to pass. Philoctetes, a castaway soldier, navigates shifting allegiances in a guerrilla war that divided Greece after World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Rachel Cusk writes in her foreword to this new edition, Cicellis was a woman before her time, whose work--written in English, her second language--offers particularly \"shocking insight into the secret lives of young women\" and is only now \"free to reach readers with an appetite for female artistic authority, who wish to see the world through sharp fresh eyes.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-17729896\"\u003eKay Cicellis\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McNally Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/30\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.35h x 4.96w x 1.02d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781946022776\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1946022772\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC044000\"\u003eWomen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC103000\"\u003eWorld Literature | Greece\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"McNally Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45152940195979,"sku":"9781946022776","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_bcaa7e18-0488-40ee-b005-fe7c44e51250.jpg?v=1769930500","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/the-way-to-colonos-sophocles-retold-9781946022776","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}