Ancient Evenings is a 1983 historical novel by American author Norman Mailer. Set in ancient Egypt and dealing with the lives of the characters Menenhetet One and Meni, the novel received mixed reviews. Reviewers noted the historical research that went into writing it and considered Mailer successful at conveying the nature of ancient Egyptian life. However, they also criticized the novel's narration and questioned its literary merit. Ancient Evenings has been compared to the work of the poet James Merrill and the novelist Thomas Pynchon, as well as to Mailer's novel Harlot's Ghost (1991). Some have suggested that its opening passage is its strongest part. Ancient Evenings served as an inspiration for the artist Matthew Barney's operatic film River of Fundament (2014).
Most but not all of the novel takes place on one long evening in 1123 or 1122 BCE, during which the characters (including Ramesses IX) tell stories of the past. The majority of the book concerns the reign of Ramesses II, approximately 150 years before the night of the narrative; the Battle of Kadesh (1274 BCE) is in turn the central event of this sub-narrative.
AncientEvenings is a 1983 historical novel by American author Norman Mailer. Set in ancient Egypt and dealing with the lives of the characters Menenhetet...
and is loosely based on American author Norman Mailer's 1983 novel AncientEvenings. The film features Barney, Dave Bald Eagle, Milford Graves, John Buffalo...
of a three-act opera and is loosely based on Norman Mailer’s novel AncientEvenings. In collaboration with composer Jonathan Bepler, Barney combines traditional...
the New York Times Book Review. Mailer spent a longer time writing AncientEvenings, his novel of Egypt in the Twentieth Dynasty (about 1100 BC), than...
Jonathan Bepler's River of Fundament, loosely based on the 1983 novel AncientEvenings by Norman Mailer. Gyllenhaal played the lead role as Baroness Nessa...
the inspiration for his alter-ego, Ozymandias; Norman Mailer's novel AncientEvenings, which is largely concerned with the life of Ramesses II, though from...
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Whalen-Bridge, John (May 24, 2010). Norman Mailer's Later Fictions: AncientEvenings through Castle in the Forest. Springer. p. 195. ISBN 9780230109056...
Bloom compared The Plumed Serpent to the novelist Norman Mailer's AncientEvenings (1983), suggesting that it had a similar underlying motive. He has...
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