CORIANTHE

by Iulia Georgeta Popescu, Translated by Daniela S. Falco & Cover design or artwork by Manuela Șoitu


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Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 15/11/2019

Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 112
ISBN : 9781982238179
Format : Hardcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 112
ISBN : 9781982238193

About the Book

A little girl on her summer vacation at her grandparents' rides a bicycle with her friend, a cat named Philippe, to the neighboring forest, thus embarking on an unexpected adventure. On this adventure, she meets fabulous characters: Rusalia, Boygen, also called the Great Detour, DallE, none other than Salvador Dali --now transmogrified into a new existence on the planet Trafalmadore, and even Steve Howe, guitarist of the progressive rock band Yes, and also her neighbor, the dog Geppetto, who receives a mysterious resemblance to Howe. Juli, DallE, and Steve climb together into the Pleiades, on the planet of the ineffable--Corianthe (with its moon Astarhe), where they briefly learn about its forms of relief, about the Alexandrian Sea of Slightly Rosy Amethyst, about the Corianthians and their customs, about the connection between the inhabitants of the planet and children on Earth, and about picomers--the primary forms from which earthly desires are born. There, Juli makes a wish and finds out about the elephant ladder. Her adventure lasts a whole day--by chance, exactly the day of the summer solstice ...


About the Author

Iulia Georgeta Popescu was born in 1973 in the city of Craiova, Romania. She is a graduate of the acting department of the "George Enescu" University of Fine Arts in Iași. Since 2010, she has been intensely active in the independent theater world, and currently she is performing in two personal shows. CORIANTHE is her very first book, written in a flash in three weeks of the summer of 2014, although her editorial debut was her second book, chronologically speaking--NOTORIOUS, published in București, Romania, in 2018.