The Helmet of Horror: The Myth of Theseus and the Minotaur

Victor Pelevin,

Andrew Bromfield(Translator)

Victor Pelevin,

Andrew Bromfield(Translator)

2005 • 288 pages

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The Helmet of Horror (Russian: «Шлем ужаса: Креатифф о Тесее и Минотавре») is a novel by Victor Pelevin first published in 2005. The novel was commissioned by the British publisher Canongate as part of the international Canongate Myth Series.

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13 primary books

#4 in Canongate's The Myths

Canongate's The Myths is a 13-book series with 13 released primary works first released in 2005 with contributions by Margaret Atwood, Jeanette Winterson, and Victor Pelevin.

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Kirsty Cabot

I think I'm with some other people when I say I didn't necessarily “like” this book, opposed to the fact that I understood it. It's a clever retelling/reinterpretation of Theseus and the Minotaur... completely not what I was expecting. A quick, interesting read, but not brilliant, in my own mind.

January 19, 2013