The Penelopiad - Out Of Print

In Homer's Account, Penelope's Story Is The Salutary Tale Of The Constant Wife. It Is She Who Rules Odysseus's Kingdom Of Ithaca During His Twenty-year Absence At The Trojan War; She Who Raises Their Wayward Son And Fends Off Over A Hundred Insistent Suitors. When Odysseus Finally Returns – Having Vanquished Monsters, Slept With Goddesses And Endured Many Other Well-documented Hardships – He Kills The Suitors And Also, Curiously Twelve Of Penelope's Maids. In A Splendid Contemporary Twist, Margaret Atwood Tells The Story Through Penelope And Her Twelve Hanged Maids, Asking: 'what Led To The Hanging Of The Maids, And What Was Penelope Really Up To?' It's A Dazzling, Playful Retelling, As Wise And Compassionate As It Is Haunting; As Wildly Entertaining As It Is Disturbing.