Athena (novel)

Athena (1995) is a novel by John Banville.

In it a woman steps out of her lover's canvasses.^[1] It contains a character called Morrow.^[2] There is murder, art and Greek mythology.^[3] There is also a serial killer.^[4]

Reviewers compared it favourably with the writing of John Fowles, William Gass, John Hawkes and Vladimir Nabokov.^[5]

References

1. Arana, Marie (19 September 1999). "John Banville: Ireland's Wordsmith". The Washington Post.
2. "`Athena': Colorful portrait of the low life". The Washington Times. 28 May 1995.
3. "Cryptic, gripping, multifaceted `Athena'". The Boston Globe. 23 May 1995.
4. Bernstein, Richard (9 May 1995). "Books of the Times; Art and Murder in a Hall of Mirrors". The New York Times.
5. Busch, Frederick (2 July 1995). "The Word Made Flesh". Los Angeles Times.