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Authors: Margaret Jull Costa;annella Mcdermott

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“I loved hearing those stories, and I would beg her to tell me them over and over again, even though I knew them all off by heart: the one about the hero who, having no wings of his own, made himself wings out of wax and bird feathers; but when he flew too close to the sun the wax melted and he fell into the sea and drowned. Or the one about the man who invented a device made of canvas and wood that enabled him to launch himself from the tops of mountains and glide over the valleys of his countr...y, taking advantage of the warm air currents, something we all do today almost instinctively, yet hearing it recounted made it seem strange and novel, as though I myself had just discovered a phenomenon which is so common nowadays we don't even notice it.Little did I know as I listened to my mother's stories that, one day, the lack of wings was something I would experience very close to home, and the myth of those disfigured beings would end up becoming part of my own life.I never felt any great maternal instinct.MoreLess Read More Read Less