Ithaca ForeverAuthor :
Hardback
Published : Tuesday 1 October 2019
Description
After twenty years, Odysseus finally returns to Ithaca, but instead of receiving the homecoming he had hoped for finds himself caught in an intense battle of wills with his faithful and long-suffering wife Penelope. When Penelope recognizes him under the guise of a beggar, she becomes furious with him for not trusting her enough to include her in his plans for ridding the palace of the Suitors.A As a result, she plays her own game of fictions to make him suffer for this lack of faith, inspiring jealousy, self-doubt, and misgivings in her husband, the legendary Homeric hero. A In this captivating retelling of the Odyssey, Penelope rises as a major force with whom to be reckoned. Shifting between first-person reflections, Ithaca Forever reveals the deeply personal and powerful perspectives of both wife and husband as they struggle for respect and supremacy within a marriage that has been on hold for twenty years. Translated by PEN award-winner Douglas Grant Heise, Luigi Malerbaâ?Ts novel gives us a remarkable version of this greatest work of western literature: Odysseus as a man full of doubts and Penelope as a woman of great depth and strength.
You may also like ...
by
Paperback
23 Feb 2021
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
€19.88
Extended stock – Dispatch 5-7 days
by
Hardback
01 Oct 2019
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
€26.91
Extended stock – Dispatch 5-7 days
by
Paperback
12 Nov 2024
Wildlife: birds and birdwatching: general interest
€40.95
by
Paperback
07 Nov 2024
Relationships and families: advice and issues
€12.86
Reviews