Orpheus Lost
Published on 1. May 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
386 pages
978-0-7322-8442-8 (ISBN)
Description
Love can take you to the darkest places ...Leela is a gifted mathematician who has escaped her small Southern town to study in Boston. From the first moment she hears Mishka, a young Australian musician, playing his violin in a subway, his music grips her, and they quickly become lovers. But Mishka is not all he seems - and the world around them is nothing like Leela thought it was. In this compelling re-imagining of the Orpheus story, Leela travels to an underworld of kidnapping, torture and despair in search of the truth - and the man she loves. Love can take you to the darkest places ...Leela is a gifted mathematician who has escaped her small Southern town to study in Boston. From the first moment she hears Mishka, a young Australian musician, playing his violin in a subway, his music grips her, and they quickly become lovers. But Mishka is not all he seems - and the world around them is nothing like Leela thought it was. In this compelling re-imagining of the Orpheus story, Leela travels to an underworld of kidnapping, torture and despair in search of the truth - and the man she loves.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Pymble, NSW
Australia
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 200 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
435 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7322-8442-8 (9780732284428)
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Janette Turner Hospital was born in Melbourne and grew up in Queensland. She is currently Professor of English and Distinguished Writer in Residence at the University of South Carolina.