Tous les livres de Costanza Casati
Tu es née d’un roi, mais tu as épousé un tyran.
Tu assistes impuissante au sacrifice qu’il fait de ton enfant.
Tu l’observes déclencher une guerre sanglante.
Tu joues ton rôle.
Mais patiemment, tu prépares ta vengeance.
TU ES CLYTEMNESTRE.
Dans la Grèce antique, et à travers les yeux de son héroïne la plus flamboyante, Clytemnestre est un conte qui illustre le pouvoir et la prophétie, un roman d’amour et de haine, celui d’une reine inoubliable qui a férocement puni tout ceux qui l’avaient trahie.
“We must not fall in love with another Lover, we must not leave the Golden Palace, we must not get pregnant, we must not reveal any classified information we overhear in the politicians’ rooms.”
In the totalitarian nation of the Great States, producers roam the streets of poor districts in search of pretty girls to send to the reality show The President, where they will become Lovers, “entertainers” of high-profile politicians.
19-year-old Iris is caught stealing and forced to join the show. Once inside, the only safe way out is to win, but Lovers are desperate, ambitious women and politicians are ruthless when cameras are off. How far is Iris willing to go to escape and go back to her family?
From the author of the bestselling Clytemnestra comes another intoxicating excursion into ancient history, as Casati reimagines the rise to power of the Assyrian empire's only female ruler, Semiramis.
When kings fall, queens rise.
Nothing about Semiramis's upbringing could have foretold her legacy or the power she would come to wield. A female ruler, once an orphan raised on the outskirts of an empire - certainly no one in Ancient Assyria would bend to her command willingly. Semiramis was a woman who knew if she wanted power, she would have to claim it.
There are whispers of her fame in Mesopotamian myth- Semiramis was a queen, an ambitious warrior, a commander whose reputation reaches the majestic proportions of Alexander the Great. Historical record, on the other hand, falls eerily quiet.
In her second novel, Costanza Casati brilliantly weaves myth and ancient history together to give Semiramis a voice, charting her captivating ascent to a throne no one promised her. The world Casati expertly builds is rich with dazzling detail and will transport her readers to the heat of the Assyrian Empire and a world long gone.
