Ramesses IX - in Modern Literature

In Modern Literature

The novel Ancient Evenings by Norman Mailer is told from the perspective of characters living during the reign of Ramesses IX, including Ramesses IX himself.

Read more about this topic:  Ramesses IX

Famous quotes containing the words modern and/or literature:

    One of the grotesqueries of present-day American life is the amount of reasoning that goes into displaying the wisdom secreted in bad movies while proving that modern art is meaningless.... They have put into practise the notion that a bad art work cleverly interpreted according to some obscure Method is more rewarding than a masterpiece wrapped in silence.
    Harold Rosenberg (1906–1978)

    The desire to create literature leads to frights, grunts, and coy looks.
    Mason Cooley (b. 1927)