Prometheus Illbound
by André Gide
Chapter 1 of 4 Preface by the translator
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- Running time
- 1 h 23 min
- Language
- English
- Read by
- Peter Tucker
- Translated by
- Mary Lilian Share Harmsworth
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About this recording
There is a witty and absurdist character to this contemporary setting of the plight of Prometheus, in which Zeus appears as a tremendously wealthy banker, meting out gratuitous fortune. Prometheus' troubled relationship with his liver-devouring eagle provides a means of insight for those he encounters. Rather than a myth the story has the nature of a fable. ( Peter Tucker)