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

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

Left alone for twenty years when I originally 'picked up' (i.e. Jennifer Nehrbass' cameo series is inspired by Margaret Atwood's novella The Penelopiad, a reinterpretation of the Greek myth of Penelope and Odysseus. Atwood, Margaret: The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus. This is the fourth book in the Canongate Myths Series that I've read, and incidentally, my first Margaret Atwood. The Penelopiad is the retelling of the myth of Penelope and Odysseus, with Penelope as our narrator. "In Homer's account in The Odyssey, Penelope - wife of Odysseus and cousin of the beautiful Helen of Troy - is portrayed as the quintessential faithful wife, her story a salutary lesson through the ages. Loaded up on my eReader) The Penelopiad because it combined two of my favourite bookish things of 2013 so far: Margaret Atwood and twists on Greek mythology. As its title suggests, The Penelopiad tells the story from the perspective of Penelope, a plain but clever girl, who–like Odysseus–must learn to live by her wits. The Penelopiad Margaret Atwood The Penelopiad is Margaret Atwood's reconsideration of Homer's classic The Odyssey from the point of view of Penelope, Odysseus's wife. Penelope narrates her story from Hades, where she and her contemporaries are spending eternity, with the occasional visit I loved how Atwood not only took a classic myth, framed it through the eyes of Penelope, but then offered the an additional academic interpretation of the story's meaning. The Penelopiad The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus Myths by Margaret Atwood – Well Done. Download The Penelopiad The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus My.