Penelope. Immortalised in legend and myth as the devoted wife of the glorious Odysseus, silently weaving and unpicking and weaving again as she waits for her husband’s return.Now Penelope wanders the underworld, spinning a different kind of thread: her own side of the story – a tale of lust, greed and murder.
The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus a retelling by Margaret Atwood in audiobook format. I read Homer’s The Odyssey in high school and remember almost nothing about it. However, being an Atwood fan I wanted to give it a try and was not disappointed. Atwood’s take on this retelling is playful and gruesome which is why I love Atwood so …
An instant favourite. This book swept me away. Margarat Atwood is the queen of feminist fiction writing.
my literature teacher told me to read it and I’ve finished it in a day! It’s a very interesting book that shows women conditions in ancient Greek. The protagonist, Penelope, talks about her hard life when his husband was far from home to fight a war or to discover interesting places, leaving her young wife alone with a little child to grow up. A …
Atwood’s sly and deep understanding of human nature gives a nuanced picture of of Penelope’s waiting for Odysseus’ return. Very satisfying.
Atwood writes so well. Love reading this story from another perspective.
I inhaled this little wonder! I absolutely adored this book! I wish it were longer because I hated putting it down! I thought I knew the story so well, Margaret Atwood wouldn’t be able to surprise me. I was wrong!
Taking a lesser character from a literary gold mine and spinning the tale so the original narrator drops into the spot of the now elevated lesser character, leaving narration to said elevated character is a wonder in and of itself. But to take a female of antiquity and grant her a voice to be heard amd allow her the privilege of telling her side …