Cleopatra Dismounts: A Novel

An enchanting, audacious retelling of the Cleopatra story from a Mexican novelist who is "a luminous writer" and "a masterful spinner of the fantastic" (The Miami Herald).

In Cleopatra Dismounts, Carmen Boullosa has written a remarkable imaginary life of one of history's most legendary women. Dying in Marc Antony's arms, Cleopatra bewails the end of her political career throughout ancient Egypt, Greece, and the Mediterranean. But is this weak woman the true Cleopatra?

Through the inte...