The Penelopiad

The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus Myths

Rigidkovrila, 199 paĝoj

Lingvo: English

Eldonita je 19-a de novembro 2005 de Canongate.

ISBN:
978-1-84195-717-3
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Numero OCLC:
62145982

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Loved Penelope's sense of humour

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I saw AJ Sterkel's review of The Penelopiad on her blog Read All The Things - ajsterkel.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/review-penelopiad-margaret-atwood.html - back in January 2018 and thought I might enjoy the book, so was then delighted to spot this reissue on NetGalley a few weeks later. I've had a copy of Homer's The Odyssey sitting on my bookshelf for at least a year now awaiting reading. I don't think I've ever actually read the whole book, although I know the gist of several of Odysseus' adventures, and I admit being put off by its 300-odd epic-poem-in-small-print pages. The Penelopiad's relative brevity was far more enticing!

Atwood focusses on what Penelope might have done and felt during the years Odysseus was away firstly at war and then 'lost' on his famous odyssey home, and has Penelope tell us her side of the story from the afterlife where she is still surrounded by many of …

Temoj

  • Penelope (Greek mythology) -- Fiction
  • Odysseus (Greek mythology) -- Fiction