The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus by Margaret Atwood

The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus Margaret Atwood ebook
Format: epub
Publisher: Canongate U.S.
Page: 224
ISBN: 1841957178, 9781841957173

Tonight I am thinking of Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad, a book I read just prior to Kundera's Identity. Margaret Atwood : The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus (Myths, The) ? Margaret Atwoods Penelopiad is a sharp, brilliant and tender revision of a story at the heart of our culture: the myths about Penelope and Odysseus. This book was This one by Margaret is a bit of a different slant on the myth of Penelope and Odysseus. In Homer's depiction we see them as innocent by standards, but in the Penelopiad we see that they are used by Penelope to spy and keep the suitors busy till Odysseus is to return home. I personally cant find much love for these “add on” stories to classic greek myths. Title: The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus (Myths, The). The series, called 'The Myths',. Previous volumes have included Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus and David Grossman's Lion's Honey: The Myth of Sampson. Customers buy this book with The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus by.