The Birth of the World as We Know it, or, Teiresias: A Novel

In her fourth book of fiction, award-winning American novelist Meredith Steinbach reimagines the life of the Greek seer Teiresias. Having outlived everyone he ever knew, the seer looks back at the most significant episodes in his life–a visit to the Delphic oracle, mediating arguments between Hera and Zeus, his experiences as both man and woman–as he confronts the traveler Odysseus in the Underworld. Narrated from shifting points of view with tremendous psychological acuity, Steinbach’s novel intertwines time, event, and narrative.