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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[Hugo-1] 2022 Hugo Awards, at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved March 4, 2023

[Locus-2] Here Are the Finalists for the 2022 Locus Awards, by Vanessa Armstrong; at Tor.com; published May 11, 2022; retrieved March 4, 2023

[PW-3] The Best of Catherynne M. Valente, Vol. One, reviewed at Publishers Weekly; published February 7, 2023; retrieved March 4, 2023

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v t e Orpheus and Eurydice
Characters	Eurydice Orpheus
Orphean operas	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) discography 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)
Musicals	Hadestown Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Plays	Eurydice/Point of Departure (1941, Anouilh) Orfeu da Conceição (1956, de Moraes) Orpheus Descending (1957, Williams) Eurydice (2003, Ruhl)
Films	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)
Poetry	Sir Orfeo (c. late thirteenth century) The Tale of Orpheus and Erudices his Quene (c. 1480) Sonnets to Orpheus (1922) "Eurydice" (1999)
Novels	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)
Art	Landscape with Orpheus and Eurydice Poem Strip
Albums	Reflections (1970) Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus (2004) Metamorpheus (2005) Hadestown (2010) Orfeas (2010) Reflektor (2013) Wasteland, Baby! (2019)
Ballet	Orpheus (1948) Chaconne (1976) Orpheus Alive (2019)
Video games	Hades (2020) The Battle of Olympus Don't Look Back
Related	The Gaze of Orpheus Orpheus Monument Orpheus no Mado Orphism