Agamemnon’s Kiss: Selected Essays - Inga Clendinnen

Author: Inga Clendinnen
Publisher: The Text Publishing Company
Format: Paperback
First published: 2006
ISBN: 1920885676

Condition: Good second-hand paperback condition with visible shelf wear, cover creasing, edge wear, and light handling marks. Binding remains firm and pages are clean and readable. Please see photos for the exact copy available.

Agamemnon’s Kiss is a powerful collection of essays by acclaimed Australian historian and writer Inga Clendinnen, bringing together reflections on history, literature, morality, politics, memory, illness, and human behaviour.

Drawing on subjects as varied as Aztec civilisation, classical mythology, terrorism, contemporary Australia, and personal experience, Clendinnen writes with remarkable clarity and intellectual precision. Her essays balance scholarship with deeply personal insight, moving between cultural criticism and philosophical reflection with warmth, wit, and moral seriousness.