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The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus (Myths) (Hardcover)

by Margaret Atwood (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Canongate Books (9 Nov 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1841957178
  • ISBN-13: 978-1841957173
  • Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 16 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,176,824 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Awsome, Laugh out Loud, 1 Jun 2008
By Steven R. McEvoy "MCWPP" (Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus (Paperback)
I am not normally a fan of Margaret Atwood's writings. I often find that she is too dark or has too much edge. Not that it is not good writing, and she is probably currently the most famous of the living Canadian authors, she just isn't usually my thing. I cannot say that for this book.

The Penelopiad is a hilarious romp through a story that most of us know, but told outside of time. There is an old saying that "dead men don't tell tales" and that may be true, but in this inventive retelling, a dead woman and her chorus of dead girls do just that.

Atwood has turned this myth on its head and told it from the female perspective. Unfortunately, our heroine is dead and in Hades, retelling her story from across the river Styx. She is telling her whole story but especially the events around Odysseus' long absence during the war against Troy and that unfortunate event with her cousin Helen.

The story is written in the format of a Greek Tragedy but with the humor and temperament of a comedy. Our chorus is the twelve dead maids, hung strung together on a ship's rope by Odysseus. They appear from time to time, in song, dance, or mock plays and trials to re-enact events from their lives to punctuate Penelope's story.

The twists and turns in this story will make you laugh out loud. A friend of mine who read it stated, `It begs to be read aloud.' And I could not agree more. Pick up the book, get some friends together and read it aloud, over an evening or two together. Much fun will be had with the ghosts of our 13 dead ladies.
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