The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope & Odysseus
The Myth of Penelope & Odysseus (Text Myth Series)
Margaret Atwood
ISBN: | 9781921799532 |
Publisher: | Text Publishing |
Published: | 16 May, 2010 |
Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope & Odysseus
The Myth of Penelope & Odysseus (Text Myth Series)
Margaret Atwood
In a splendid contemporary twist, Margaret Atwood tells Penelope's story. In Homer's account, Penelope is the constant wife. It is she who rules Odysseus's kingdom of Ithaca during his twenty-year absence at the Trojan War. She raises their wayward son and fends off over a hundred insistent suitors. When Odysseus finally returns-having vanquished monsters, slept with goddesses and endured many other well-documented hardships-he kills the suitors and also, curiously, twelve of Penelope's maids. Margaret Atwood tells the story through Penelope and her twelve hanged maids, asking: 'What led to the hanging of the maids, and what was Penelope really up to?' It's a dazzling, playful retelling, as wise and compassionate as it is haunting; as wildly entertaining as it is disturbing. The Myths series gathers a diverse group of the finest writers of our time to provide a contemporary take on our most enduring myths. 'The Penelopiad shows Atwood making off with an especially well-guarded cultural treasure-and making it new, as she always does.' Independent Weekly
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