Athena
Athena
Publisher Secker & Warburg
Genre:
Released:
Share
- Unsigned
- UK First Edition
- First Printing
- Hardcover
Available from:
Limited Edition Copies
View full detailsAbout the book
From the internationally acclaimed author of The Book of Evidence and Ghosts comes a mesmerizing novel that is both a literary thriller and a love story as sumptuously perverse as Lolita. "A strange and dreamlike book . . . Banville has a breathtaking style."--Boston Globe.
Collapsible content
About the Author
John Banville
John Banville is an Irish novelist, short story writer, adapter of dramas and screenwriter.
Banville has won the 1976 James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the 2005 Booker Prize, the 2011 Franz Kafka Prize, the 2013 Austrian State Prize for European Literature and the 2014 Prince of Asturias Award for Literature. Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2007, Italy made him a Cavaliere of the Ordine della Stella d'Italia (essentially a knighthood) in 2017.
Banville published his first novel, Nightspawn, in 1971. A second, Birchwood, followed two years later. The Revolutions Trilogy, published between 1976 and 1982, comprises three works. His 1989 novel The Book of Evidence, shortlisted for the Booker Prize and winner of that year's Guinness Peat Aviation award, heralded a second trilogy. Banville's thirteenth novel, The Sea, won the Booker Prize in 2005. In addition, he publishes crime novels as Benjamin Black.
Banville is considered a contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature. He lives in Dublin.
-
Professionally Packed
All of our books that have a dust wrapper are covered in clear protective, removable film and are packed professionally in bubble wrap and a box for shipping so that they reach you in perfect condition.
-
Book Condition & Notes
All of our books that a have dust wrapper are covered in clear protective, removable film and are packed professionally in bubble wrap and a box for shipping so that they reach you in perfect condition.
Journal & Events
-
Trick or Treat?
Come back on Thursday and find out... (We don't like tricks! 😉)
Trick or Treat?
Come back on Thursday and find out... (We don't like tricks! 😉)
-
9 Crime & Thrillers Books You Simply Must Read
If you’re a fan of crime fiction, then you’ve likely heard of Capital Crime, London’s largest festival of crime and thriller. Ahead of revealing their exciting 2025 headliners, we sat...
9 Crime & Thrillers Books You Simply Must Read
If you’re a fan of crime fiction, then you’ve likely heard of Capital Crime, London’s largest festival of crime and thriller. Ahead of revealing their exciting 2025 headliners, we sat...
-
An Interview with Deon Meyer
We recently had the joy of hosting Deon Meyer as he signed copies of Leo, this is the thrilling new novel from the author of major Netflix series Heart of...
An Interview with Deon Meyer
We recently had the joy of hosting Deon Meyer as he signed copies of Leo, this is the thrilling new novel from the author of major Netflix series Heart of...
-
Bookseller Recommendations: Brighton Bookseller...
We're back with more bookseller recommendations! Today, Brighton bookseller, Ellen, takes us through some of her favourite recent reads, and some new and upcoming releases she is looking forward to! ...
Bookseller Recommendations: Brighton Bookseller...
We're back with more bookseller recommendations! Today, Brighton bookseller, Ellen, takes us through some of her favourite recent reads, and some new and upcoming releases she is looking forward to! ...
Subscribe to our emails
Be the first to know about new collections and exclusive offers.