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Beneath Idle Gods stories by Aliki Roussin with illustrations by the author.
Using the perspective of a messenger from the gods of Olympus, Roussin considers the condition of women of recent contemporary times - some in Greece, some in London, some in transit, some towards the end of life, others towards the beginning. These tales of quest are of a wondering, philosophical kind. All shed light on a path to discovery of how best to deal with the joys and difficulties of daughterhood, adulthood, marriage, parenthood and simple existence beyond.
Beneath Idle Gods stories by Aliki Roussin with illustrations by the author.
Using the perspective of a messenger from the gods of Olympus, Roussin considers the condition of women of recent contemporary times - some in Greece, some in London, some in transit, some towards the end of life, others towards the beginning. These tales of quest are of a wondering, philosophical kind. All shed light on a path to discovery of how best to deal with the joys and difficulties of daughterhood, adulthood, marriage, parenthood and simple existence beyond.
Roussin’s twelve stories capture moments of being between the real and the ideal, between vital existence and realms of the dead. Gently infusing the sensibility of her native Greece, she evokes with tenderness and anxiety what it has been to be a woman in transit through our contemporary epoch.
Published by Starhaven Press 2022
