She has also won prizes for her poetry and was a joint winner of the smith doorstop poetry pamphlet award, offered by the publisher of that name. Blossom, a plump and contented cat, is horrified when sixyearold prissy comes to stay with her family. She has since written 84 titles for children and young adults, including troy, which was shortlisted for the whitbread childrens book award and highly commended for the ca. Adele geras was born in jerusalem and travelled widely as a child. Dido by adele geras, a steamy ya novel based on greek myths, was released by david fickling books in paperback on 29th april. But the farther into the book i got, the less desperate the whole situation felt. A paris who is not entirely satisfied with his marriage to helen thats awesome. She brings to it the accessibility, warmth and immediacy that she brought to troy and ithaka, and again the dialogue is modern armadillo.
I have to admit that id never heard of dido before reading this book, and im rather glad because dido is. Hachette childrens books have republished adeles popular ya novel troy, and her book dido, out with david fickling books, continued her interest in classical themes and tells the story of queen dido of carthage. Adele gerass dido is a novelisation for young adults of the great tragic love. Stellaacrosstheroad is getting married with a wonderful, romantic wedding. After troy and ithaka comes dido, the story of the tragic carthaginian queen who lost aeneas to the founding of rome. Sometimes i find having multiple narrators can make for a confusing read but. Ithaka was shortlisted for the guardian fiction prize and the whitbread childrens book. Jun 22, 2011 adele geras is the author of over 90 books for readers of all ages. Dido turkish paperback january 1, 2011 by adele geras author. Jan, 2001 adele geras has published 75 books the most recent, troy, is on the shortlist for the whitbread childrens book prize yet she freely admits that she came to writing entirely by accident. Adele geras s dido is a novelisation for young adults of the great tragic love story, in which she has combined the previrgil myths and the version in the aeneid with an additional twist that is all her own. While she was still trembling with the complete unexpectedness of what aeneas had just said and done, he leaned forward a little and kissed her on the mouth.
Dido, adele geras shop online for books in new zealand. Dido by adele geras is in the top ten retellings of myths, legends and fairy tales. Dido by adele geras while she was still trembling with the complete unexpectedness of what aeneas had just said and done, he leaned forward a little and kissed her on the mouth. Queen dido suspects nothing, until one fateful night when secrets are revealed, hearts are broken and as dawn breaks, a terrible tragedy unfolds. Books go search hello select your address best sellers customer service find a gift registry new releases gift.
When aeneas and his soldiers, battleweary and almost shipwrecked, arrive on the shores of carthage seeking refuge they are welcomed with open. Especially when two girls fall for the same man one a queen, the other her serving girl. If this appeals and youd like more of adeles way with words, we definitely recommend dido. And her contribution to the illustrated biography series lifelines was on cleopatra. Adele geras was born in 1944 and since 1976 has written more than 90 books for children of all ages.
Dido by adele geras 9780552574143paperback lovereading. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading dido. She has written goodbye tommy blue, part of macmillan childrens books shock. She started writing over twentyfive years ago and has published more than 80 titles. This retells in contemporary form the ancient story of dido and aeneas whose principal source is book 4 of virgils aeneid. Ive just finished reading dido and will be posting. Her father was in the colonial service and she had a varied childhood, living in countries such as nigeria, cyprus, tanganyika now the.
I love old stories made new, and so im deeply attracted by the way adele geras approaches hers by combining characters with a contemporary feel with language altogether more traditional and epic. The story is told by 4 different narrators nursemaid elissa, didos sister anna, poet iopas and kitchen boy cubby. Troy 2000 depicts the trojan war as seen through the eyes of four teenagers. Dido is a strong, passionate retelling of a classic greek myth that really captured my imagination. I have to admit that id never heard of dido before reading this book, and im rather glad because dido is compelling and beautifully written by adele geras. Apr 29, 2010 the story is told by 4 different narrators nursemaid elissa, dido s sister anna, poet iopas and kitchen boy cubby. Elissa knows she is playing with fire, but she cant. Dido and aeneas are married but aeneas is leaving to fulfill his destiny and dido is distraught. Adele geras studied languages and taught french before becoming an author. Kahraman aeneas, kralice dido ve nedime elissa ucgeninde suregelen firtinali olaylarin anlatildigi modern bir destan romali sair vergilius ve iyonyali ozan homerosun izinden yuruyerek antik cagin epik.
Adele geras tragedy can only follow when a serving maid falls in love with the man loved by her queen. Ithaka 2005 retells homers odyssey, an ancient greek story. Geras won two prizes in the united states, the sydney taylor book award for the my grandmothers stories and the national jewish book award for golden windows. She is a writer, known for sommerlicht 2011, tickle on the tum 1984 and. Appealing to everyone by adele geras women doing literary. Discover book depositorys huge selection of adele geras books online. Adele geras turns this simple outline into an story of love and loss involving an entire city monsters and critics. An excellent childrens novel amanda craig the times a perfect maelstrom of love, jealousy, fate and caprice. For me, paris was one of the highlights of this book, because he was a rare example of geras getting creative with an aspect of the trojan war myth. A vivid novel inspired by the classic story of dido from the author of troy and ithaka. This is the story of queen dido and nursemaid elissa and their love for trojan.
I know that its a story that ill remember for a long time. Jan 10, 20 but the farther into the book i got, the less desperate the whole situation felt. She started writing over twentyfive years ago and is the author of many titles for young readers, including one previous title for the corgi. Greek myths, love triangles, betrayals and lies are all present in dido, and all make this book an addictive read wondrous reads.
Adult book is dido and for younger readers, she has just published the third in the tutu tilly series, my ballet dream. Geras was born in jerusalem, british mandatory palestine. Just one swift, soft touch of his lips on hers and then he turned and walked away. She has also published three novels for adults facing the light, hesters story, and made in. For more information visit the new album still on my mind is out now. Adele geras is the author of over eighty books for children, including troy, which was shortlisted for the carnegie medal. Dido by adele geras, 9780385615174, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. As always with adele geras s work, the characters walk off the page, she brings the place wonderfully to life and you can hear the sounds and smell the scents. Ithaka was shortlisted for the guardian fiction prize and the whitbread chirldrens book award. Her work, which ranges from young adult fiction, to ghost stories and picture books, includes troy shortlisted for the whitbread. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Yesterday teenage memoirs by geras, adele and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
She has since written 84 titles for children and young adults, including troy, which was shortlisted for the whitbread childrens. Sometimes i find having multiple narrators can make for a confusing read but adele geras has done such a great job of giving each of them individual voices that i found it easy switching between them. Adele geras has published 75 books the most recent, troy, is on the shortlist for the whitbread childrens book prize yet she freely admits that she came to writing entirely by accident. For me, paris was one of the highlights of this book, because he was a rare example of geras getting creative. Dido white flag official music video song here with me theme from roswell28221. Just send us an email and well put the best up on the site. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Geras has proliferated and padded out the story, so that as well as the protagonists themselves there is dido s sister anna who is in love with iolpas based on marlowes plot in his dido, queen of carthage, and elissa, a serving girl of dido s who is also in love with aeneas. A queen and a servant fall in love with the same man in dido 2009. Her latest adult title is a hidden life orion, her latest young adult book is dido corgi, and she has recently brought out a.
Ithaka was shortlisted for the guardian fiction prize and the whitbread childrens book award more about adele geras. Cover your eyes by adele geras is in the top ten womens fiction books 2014. Adele geras was born on march 15, 1944 in jerusalem, british mandate of palestine. She started writing over twentyfive years ago and is the author of many titles for young readers, including one previous title for the corgi pups list chalk and cheese and the four cats of cuckoo square titles for young corgi. Gerass first adult novel, facing the light, was published in 2003. Apr 10, 2012 dido white flag official music video song here with me theme from roswell28221. Ithaka was shortlisted for the guardian fiction prize. Dido by adele geras while she was still trembling with the complete. She has written goodbye tommy blue, part of macmillan childrens books shock shop series. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Read peas in a pod by adele geras available from rakuten kobo. Adele geras books list of books by author adele geras. Herself an exile, dido has used her beauty, intelligence and natural power to establish herself as a popular and independent queen.
Geras later shared her love of ballet in the magic of the ballet series. Adele gerass dido is a novelisation for young adults of the great tragic love story, in which she has combined the previrgil myths and the version in the aeneid with an additional twist that is all her own. Geras s ability to weave a touching new tale in with the wellknown one is unique to modern childrens authors. A story by adele geras, a candle in the dark is a story from the flashback series which are very simply written in a manner that gives children a taste of what life was like for children in the. Dido attained international success with her debut album no angel 1999.
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