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The Penelopiad

by Margaret Atwood - £8.99  Canongate Books Ltd (2018)
paperback    ISBN 13: 9781786892485 | ISBN 10: 1786892480

For Penelope, wife of Odysseus, maintaining a kingdom while her husband was off fighting the Trojan war was not a simple business. Already aggrieved that he had been lured away due to the shocking behaviour of her beautiful cousin Helen, Penelope must bring up her wayward son, face down scandalous rumours and keep over a hundred lustful, greedy and bloodthirsty suitors at bay...
 
And then, when Odysseus finally returns and slaughters the murderous sailors, he brutally hangs Penelope's twelve beloved maids. What were his motives? And what was Penelope herself really up to? Margaret Atwood has given Penelope a realistic and witty voice to tell her own story and set the record straight for good.

"Atwood takes Penelope's part with tremendous verve... she explores the very nature of mythic story-telling."
(Mary Beard, Guardian)

(Price & availability last checked: May 2018)

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