Athena (novel)

Athena (1995) is a novel by John Banville.

In it a woman steps out of her lover's canvasses.[1] It contains a character called Morrow.[2] There is murder, art and Greek mythology.[3] There is also a serial killer.[4]

Reviewers compared it favourably with the writing of John Fowles, William Gass, John Hawkes and Vladimir Nabokov.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Arana, Marie (19 September 1999). "John Banville: Ireland's Wordsmith". The Washington Post.
  2. ↑ "`Athena': Colorful portrait of the low life". The Washington Times. 28 May 1995.
  3. ↑ "Cryptic, gripping, multifaceted `Athena'". The Boston Globe. 23 May 1995.
  4. ↑ Bernstein, Richard (9 May 1995). "Books of the Times; Art and Murder in a Hall of Mirrors". The New York Times.
  5. ↑ Busch, Frederick (2 July 1995). "The Word Made Flesh". Los Angeles Times.