BOOK: Sirena by Napoli

[Frederick Muller <fmuller@TELLURIAN.NET>]

Napoli, Donna Jo._Sirena_,1998
This is a warm, touching love story which happens to involve a
mermaid and a Greek soldier on his way to the Trojan War.  There
is a lot of mythology and Greek history intertwined with the story
but it in no way "shouts out at you."  A mermaid (Sirena) needs to
make love to a human in order to become immortal.  Her sisters all
use their beautiful singing to lure ships to wreck and then to lure
their lovers but Sirena rebels and goes off on her own.  She
befriends a man and they fall in love without her singing.  Now she
is immortal and he isn't.  She gets upset when she sees his first
gray hair.  This 210 page book is a very touching love story with
history and mythology in the background.  It has made me want to
do some research.  Once again Napoli has done a great job
treating a subject with an unusual twist.
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Frederick Muller
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