Averno (Penguin Modern Classics) [2021] paperback SCFIC watch swirling flamenco dancers in

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Averno (Penguin Modern Classics) [2021] paperback SCFIC watch swirling flamenco dancers in'Brilliant poems of complex, haunting power Averno may be Gluck's masterpiece' The New York Times Book Review An acclaimed collection from the Nobel prize winning poet This startlingly original reworking of the Persephone myth takes us to the icy shores of Averno, the crater lake regarded by the ancient Romans as the entrance to the underworld. Here, the consolations of rebirth and renewal are eclipsed by the immediacy of loss by a mother's possessive