Penelopiad : The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus (Hardcover)

from corrmorr

This book is a little gem. Atwood dips into Greek mythology and reconstructs the story of Odyddeus through the eyes and constructed experience of Penelope and her 12 maids. The poor long-suffering wife takes on a self-sufficient, and sometimes not so long-suffering role while brave and valiant Od...

from jeanned

If you remove elements of divine intervention and the supernatural from "The Iliad" or "The Odyssey", you're left with men behaving badly. Atwood applies this treatment to the tale of Penelope. We are left with a woman's life, a woman who dedicated her time on earth to being an ideal daughter, wi...

from ofbooksandreading

There are ways in which a writer can borrow a story and yet it will not be his/her's and there are ways in which a writer borrows a story and it completely becomes her's and there is no looking back then. This is what Ms. Atwood does with "The Penelopiad". The story is known to all - that of Odys...

from LarissaBookGirl

There are many tales of Odysseus, ruler of Ithaca, who left his home to fight in the Trojan War, and than proceed to wander the seas a further ten or more years before returning home. We all know the stories of monsters fought, goddess bedded and treasures won, but what of his family at home. Wha...

from LarissaBookGirl

There are many tales of Odysseus, ruler of Ithaca, who left his home to fight in the Trojan War, and than proceed to wander the seas a further ten or more years before returning home. We all know the stories of monsters fought, goddess bedded and treasures won, but what of his family at home. Wha...