Description
Sheisyoung,beautiful,anddesperatelyinlovewithamanwhocannotreturnheraffectionswithoutarousingsuspicion.Andsotheymeetinsecret.embracinginstairwellsandcastleturrets,murmuringeachother'snamesinhushedvoices.HisnameisHamlet;hernameisOphelia.Andifyouthinkyouknowtheirstory,thinkagain.BecausewhenbloodydeedsturnthecourtofElsinoreintoaplaceoftreacheryandmadness,theyoungloverswilldeviseaplanforrevenge-andforescape.PartoftheirplancallsforOpheliatocastherselfintodarkwaters.Butinsteadofdrowning,shewillfleewithnothingmorethantheclothesonherbackandoneverydangeroussecret.Thisbookplayswiththequestionof'whatifOphelia,thetragicyoungwaifofShakespeare'sHamlet,didn'tdie'Usingthistantalizingpremiseasherleapingoffpoint,LisaKlein'sgorgeousre-imaginingofthebard'sgreattragedyplacestheephemeralOpheliaatitscenterpiece.
Details
Released: Thu 1 May 2008
Catalogue Number: 9780713686135
- Series: Blackbirds
- Edition: 1
- Height (m): 0.198
- Pages: 224
- Weight (g): 300
- Width (m): 0.129
Availabilty
Estimated despatch 14-20 days after ordering.