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Sto caricando le informazioni... Cupid and Psyche: A Love Story (1976)di Edna Barth
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Part C/traditional literature The charming and handsome Greek god, Cupid, falls madly in love the breathakingly beautiful mortal, Pysche. The couple undergoes many challenges, especially the ones imposed by Venus, the goddess of love, before Psyche becomes a god to live with Cupid. The illustrations are exquistely beautiful although they are in black and white. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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This retelling of the myth of Cupid and Psyche offers a much more extensive text than the version illustrated by Kinuko Craft, which I have previously reviewed. Although not long enough to be a novel (64 pages), it is certainly not a picture-book. The narrative is faithful (in the main) to the original version found in Apuleius's 2nd century novel, The Golden Ass.
The wash drawings by Ati Forberg, in black and red, are influenced (so the dust jacket tells us) by the Cretan culture "from which many of the Greek myths arose." I assume that they must mean the Minoans? Although I am aware of the importance of Crete as Zeus's childhood home, as well as its centrality to the story of Theseus and Ariadne, I was not aware that Greek mythology as a whole was believed to have come from this island... I think I will have to investigate this further... Regardless, Forberg's illustrations are charming.
In sum, while I would recommend the Cupid and Psyche illustrated by Kinuko Craft for the younger child, this version provides a very enjoyable retelling for the older child who wants to start reading on his or her own. ( )