The Penelopiad (Canons)

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Published by Canongate Canons.

ISBN:
978-1-78689-248-5
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For Penelope, wife of Odysseus, maintaining a kingdom while her husband was off fighting the Trojan war was not a simple business. Already aggrieved that he had been lured away due to the shocking behaviour of her beautiful cousin Helen, Penelope must bring up her wayward son, face down scandalous rumours and keep over a hundred lustful, greedy and bloodthirsty suitors at bay...

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What if tales of old weren't written by men about men for men? Hard not to measure it against Circe, which is a more thoughtful take on a similar idea, especially when the audiobook is read by a narrator who leans a little too far into the archness of Atwood's story, so that Penelope ends up sounding like a sassy Manhattan socialite rather than the world-weary but stoic voice that I had in my head from reading it on the page.

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