The Penelopiad
The Myth of Penelope & Odysseus
$23.20
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
24 October 2005
Summary
A fresh take on what follows Homer’s The Odyssey by the international best-selling author of The Handmaid’s Tale.
Penelope. Immortalized in legend and myth as the devoted wife of Odysseus, silently weaving and unpicking and weaving again as she waits for her husband’s return.
Now Penelope wanders the underworld, spinning a different kind of thread: Her own side of the story is a tale of lust, greed and murder.
Atwood breathes new life into the classic story by giving a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781920885953 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1920885951 |
| Author: | Margaret Atwood |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Text Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 24 October 2005 |
| Weight: | 164g |
| Dimensions: | 21mm x 129mm x 198mm |
| Series: | Text Myth Series |
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Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood is the author of more than thirty works, including fiction, poetry, and critical essays. Her books have been published in over thirty-five countries.
Oryx and Crake was her eleventh novel and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2003. Her other novels shortlisted for the Booker Prize include The Handmaid’s Tale, Cat’s, and Alias Grace. Her novel The Blind Assassin won the Booker Prize in 2000.
She lives in Toronto with writer Graeme Gibson.
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