{"product_id":"wake-siren-ovid-resung-9780374538583","title":"Wake, Siren: Ovid Resung","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn fierce, textured voices, the women of Ovid's \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses \u003c\/i\u003eclaim their stories and challenge the power of myth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI am the home of this story. After thousands of years of other people's tellings, of all these different bridges, of words gotten wrong, I'll tell it myself.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeductresses and she-monsters, nymphs and demi-goddesses, populate the famous myths of Ovid's \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e. But what happens when the story of the chase comes in the voice of the woman fleeing her rape? When the beloved coolly returns the seducer's gaze? When tales of monstrous transfiguration are sung by those transformed? In voices both mythic and modern, \u003ci\u003eWake, Siren \u003c\/i\u003erevisits each account of love, loss, rape, revenge, and change. It lays bare the violence that undergirds and lurks in the heart of Ovid's narratives, stories that helped build and perpetuate the distorted portrayal of women across centuries of art and literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on the rhythms of epic poetry and alt rock, of everyday speech and folk song, of fireside whisperings and therapy sessions, Nina MacLaughlin, the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eHammer Head\u003c\/i\u003e, recovers what is lost when the stories of women are told and translated by men. She breathes new life into these fraught and well-loved myths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fsg Originals\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/19\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374538583\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 5.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2019 pg. 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/09\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2019 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2019 pg. 84\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/13\/2019\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nina Maclaughlin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36636675637404,"sku":"9780374538583","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_4ecbe3df-1a1c-4117-9b82-e8d6797ae6ff.jpg?v=1603842614","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/wake-siren-ovid-resung-9780374538583","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}