num_pages: 308
description: By the winner of the National Book Award and bestselling author of "The Tidewater Tales," three of the great myths of all time revisited by a modern master. Dunyazade, Scheherazade's kid sister, holds the destiny of herself and the prince who holds her captive.Perseus, the demigod who slew the Gorgon Medusa, finds himself at forty battling for simple self-respect like any common mortal.Bellerophon, once a hero for taming the winged horse Pegasus, must wrestle with a contentment that only leaves him wretched.
language: English
title: Chimera
titlecomplete: Chimera
genres: 20th Century, Short Stories, American, Mythology, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Fantasy, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 2141
awards: awardedAt: 94723200000
name: National Book Award
category: Fiction (Split award)
publisher: Mariner Books