Cleopatra Dismounts

Carmen Boullosa

Translated by Geoff Hargreaves first published 2003 Grove Press, 2004 hardcover 224 pages

"Cleopatra Dismounts is an imagined life of the Egyptian queen, called Queen of Kings by her subjects and widely said to be the incarnation of the goddess Isis. In the opening section, with Marc Antony dying in her arms, Cleopatra bewails the ignominious end to her larger-than-life career through the political world of ancient Egypt, Greece, and the Mediterranean. But is this really the true Cleopatra? Through the in...

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Geoff Hargreaves 2 printings we hold · 2004 · Grove Press

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Cleopatra dismounts hardcover · 2004 · Grove Press · 224 pages · 9780802117533
Cleopatra Dismounts paperback · 2004 · Grove Press · 240 pages · 9780802139795

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