L'Esprit de L'Escalier
"L'Esprit de L'Escalier" is a 2021 fantasy short story by Catherynne M. Valente, retelling the story of Orpheus and Eurydice in a modern setting. It was first published on Tor.com.
Synopsis
Months ago, Orpheus successfully rescued Eurydice from the underworld, but despite his efforts, she is still depressed — and a zombie — and their relationship is failing.
Reception
"L'Esprit de L'Escalier" was a finalist for the 2022 Hugo Award for Best Novelette[1] and the 2022 Locus Award for Best Novelette.[2]
Publishers Weekly called it "clever" and "challenging".[3]
References
- ^ 2022 Hugo Awards, at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved March 4, 2023
- ^ Here Are the Finalists for the 2022 Locus Awards, by Vanessa Armstrong; at Tor.com; published May 11, 2022; retrieved March 4, 2023
- ^ The Best of Catherynne M. Valente, Vol. One, reviewed at Publishers Weekly; published February 7, 2023; retrieved March 4, 2023
External links
- Text of the story, at Tor.com
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Orpheus and Eurydice
- Eurydice
- Orpheus
- Euridice (1600, Peri)
- Euridice (1602, Caccini)
- L'Orfeo (1607, Monteverdi)
- Orfeo dolente (1616, Belli)
- La morte d'Orfeo (1619, Landi)f
- Orfeo (1647, Rossi)
- Orfeo (1672, Sartorio)
- La descente d'Orphée aux enfers (c. 1686, Charpentier)
- Orpheus (1726, Telemann)
- Orfeo ed Euridice (1762, Gluck)
- L'anima del filosofo (1791, Haydn)
- Orpheus in the Underworld (1858, Offenbach)
- Orpheus und Eurydike (1921, Krenek)
- L'Orfeide (1925, Malipiero)
- Orpheus and Eurydice (1975, Zhurbin, rock opera)
- The Mask of Orpheus (1986, Birtwistle)
- The Second Mrs Kong (1994, Birtwistle)
- The Corridor (2009, Birtwistle)
- Eurydice (2020, Aucoin)
- Hadestown
- Moulin Rouge! The Musical
- Eurydice/Point of Departure (1941, Anouilh)
- Orfeu da Conceição (1956, de Moraes)
- Orpheus Descending (1957, Williams)
- Eurydice (2003, Ruhl)
- The Orphic Trilogy
- The Blood of a Poet (1930)
- Orphée (1950)
- Testament of Orpheus (1960)
- Black Orpheus (1959)
- Euridice BA 2037 (1975)
- Parking (1985)
- Shredder Orpheus (1989)
- Orfeu (1999)
- Moulin Rouge! (2001)
- You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet! (2012)
- Sir Orfeo (c. late thirteenth century)
- The Tale of Orpheus and Erudices his Quene (c. 1480)
- Sonnets to Orpheus (1922)
- "Eurydice" (1999)
- The Einstein Intersection (1967)
- Gravity's Rainbow (1973)
- The Medusa Frequency (1987)
- The Ground Beneath Her Feet (1999)
- Veniss Underground (2003)
- "L'Esprit de L'Escalier" (2021)
- Reflections (1970)
- Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus (2004)
- Metamorpheus (2005)
- Hadestown (2010)
- Orfeas (2010)
- Reflektor (2013)
- Wasteland, Baby! (2019)
- Orpheus (1948)
- Chaconne (1976)
- Orpheus Alive (2019)
- Hades (2020)
- The Battle of Olympus
- Don't Look Back