Author: Atwood, Margaret EleanorTitle: The Penelopiad
Published: New York: Canongate, 2005
Description: xv, 199 p. ; 21 cm.
Subject(s):
- Penelope (Greek mythology) -- Fiction
- Odysseus (Greek mythology) -- Fiction
Review(s):
- Leith, Sam. "It's the same old story.(A Short History of Myth)(The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus)(Weight: The Myth of Atlas and Heracles)." Spectator 299.9246 (Oct 22, 2005): 43
- Goldhill, Simon, and Jamie Byng. "Books: the publisher Canongate has asked an international panel of starry writers to update myths for modern audiences. But how successful can such retellings ever be? Simon Goldhill assesses the first three works in the series, while (opposite) Canongate boss Jamie Byng remembers how it all began.(The Wisdom of the Ancients)(The Penelopiad)(A Short History of Myth)." New Statesman (1996) 134.4764 (Oct 31, 2005): 48
Read: January 3, 2006
