House of Names : A Novel (Hardcover)

from dchaikin

40. House of Names (audio) by Colm Tóibín reader: Juliet Stevenson, Charlie Anson and Pippa Nixon published: 2017 format: Overdrive digital audio, 8:47 (~244 pages) acquired: Library listened: Sep 27 - Oct 9 rating: 3½ My first Tóibín novel, I was drawn to this because of the Greek mythological t...

from RandyMetcalfe

In this imagining - it wouldn't be fair to call it a re-imagining - of the events surrounding Agamemnon's sacrifice of his daughter, Iphigenia, and the horrific consequences of that act, Tóibín once again confirms his mastery of tone and touch and pace. Told from the viewpoints of Agamemnon's agg...

from janerawoof

Powerful novel in modern language and a good dose of author's imagination of the epitome of dysfunctional families, the House of Atreus. In first person, Clytemnestra tells us how she and daughter Iphigenia are lured to Aulis with false promise of marriage by Agamemnon and the girl there sacrific...

from froxgirl

In post-Trojan war literature, it seems to be the losers who gather the most literary acclaim and effort: Aeneas and the founding of Rome, and the miseries of Hecuba, Andromache, and the other widows enslaved by the victorious Achaeans. On the Greek side, Odysseus earns an entire memorable and ad...

from thewanderingjew

House of Names, Colm Toibin, author; Juliet Stevenson, Charlie Anson, Pippa Nixon, narrators I really enjoyed the narration of this short novel about a famous Greek myth. In order to retain power and success in battle, Agamemnon has arranged for the murder of his own first born daughter, Iphigeni...