Item Number: 112823 Title: La ragazza indicibile : Mito e mistero di Kore Author: Agamben, Giorgio ; Monica Ferrando Price: Not Available ISBN: 9788837077174 Description: Milano: Electa, 2010. 23cm., pbk., 94pp. illus., most in color. Summary: La ragazza indicibile unites two parallel attempts to examine the myth of Persephone-Kore, the Greek myth which, because of its connections with the Eleusinian mysteries, was one of the most closely linked to silence (the term "mystery" comes from a root that means "to close your mouth, to fall silent"). The dense, almost Pompeian pastels by Monica Ferrando and Giorgio Agamben's clear text try to make this silence seem like an intense dialogue, in which the pictures and the text seem to speak to each other in turn. The story of Kore, infernal and, at the same time, optimistic, her seizure and abduction by Pluto, Demeter's untiring search, Baubo's obscene laughter, and the foundation and meaning of the Eleusinian Mysteries are examined and, together, conjured up. And, at the end, the mystery of the unsayable girl no longer seems like a secret doctrine to be concealed from the uninitiated, but an initiation into life itself and its absence of mystery. (pesci rossi) We regret to inform you that this title is no longer available. P.O. Box 3904, Kingston, New York 12402 US Phone: 845-331-8519 Fax: 845-331-0852 Email: michael@artbooks.com |
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