Lavinia -

Ursula K. Le Guin

Mariner Books

2009

279 páginas

9h 18m

ISBN-13: 9780156033688

In a richly imagined, beautiful new novel, an acclaimed writer gives an epic heroine her voice
In The Aeneid, Vergil's hero fights to claim the king's daughter, Lavinia, with whom he is destined to found an empire. Lavinia herself never speaks a word. Now, Ursula K. Le Guin gives Lavinia a voice in a novel that takes us to the half-wild world of ancient Italy, when Rome was a muddy village near seven hills.

Lavinia grows up knowing nothing but peace and freedom, until suitors come. Her mother wants her to marry handsome, ambitious Turnus. But omens and prophecies spoken by the sacred springs say she must marry a foreigner--that she will be the cause of a bitter war--and that her husband will not live long. When a fleet of Trojan ships sails up the Tiber, Lavinia decides to take her destiny into her own hands. And so she tells us what Vergil did not: the story of her life, and of the love of her life.

Lavinia is a book of passion and war, generous and austerely beautiful, from a writer working at the height of her powers.

Resenhas (6)

2 (Razoável)

Tem seus pontos positivos, mas foi uma leitura arrastada.

A premissa é boa, gosto de aprender curiosidades sobre mitologia romana e gostei de ler sobre Lavinia e a relação dela com o restante dos personagens, mas de fato não fui feita com a paciência necessária para ler cenas e mais cenas descritivas, principalmente as de guerra.

A introdução e a conclusão da história são interessantes e tem bons diálogos, mas todo o desenvolvimento é massante.

Minha experiência com o livro foi 20% proveitosa e 80% massante portanto, o saldo foi bem mais negativo do que eu estava esperando.