Эта книга – седьмая и последняя часть прозаического переложения знаменитого народного эпоса кыргызов «Манас». Великий богатырь Манас собрал многотысячное войско и вторгся в земли своего давнего противника хана Эсенкана. Но не желание захватить земли врага ведет великодушного богатыря. Главная его цель – уничтожение племени чудовищ-людоедов, угрожающих всему человечеству.
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Margaret Atwood returns with a shrewd, funny, and insightful retelling of the myth of Odysseus from the point of view of Penelope. Describing her own remarkable vision, the author writes in the foreword, “I’ve chosen to give the telling of the story to Penelope and to the twelve hanged maids. The maids form a chanting and singing Chorus, which focuses on two questions that must pose themselves after any close reading of the Od ...
America's first superheroes lived in the Midwest. There was Nanabozho, the Ojibway man-god who conquered the King of Fish, took control of the North Wind, and inspired Longfellow's The Song of Hiawatha. Paul Bunyan, the larger-than-life North Woods lumberjack, created Minnesota's 10,000 lakes with his giant footsteps. More recently, Pittsburgh steelworker Joe Magerac squeezed out rails between his fingers, and Rosie the Riveter ch ...
