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Informationen zum Autor Nominated for the inaugural 2005 Man Booker International Prize, whic recognises one writer for his or her outstanding achievement in fiction, Margaret Atwood is the author of more than thirty-five internationally acclaimed works of fiction, poetry and critical essays. The Handmaid´s Tale , Cat´s Eye , Alias Grace , and Oryx and Crake were all shortlisted for the Booker Prize, which she won with her tenth novel, The Blind Assassin . Other prizes include the Governor General´s Award for The Handmaid´s Tale , the Italian Premio Literrario Internationale Mondello and the Canadian Giller Prize for Alias Grace , and the National Arts Club Literary Award in the United States. Margaret Atwood is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and has been awarded the Norwegian Order of Literary Merit and the French Chevalier dans l´Ordre des Arts et des Lettres; she is a Foreign Honorary Member for Literature of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She lives in Toronto. Klappentext Murder comes back to haunt you 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... And then, when Odysseus finally returns and slaughters the murderous suitors, he brutally hangs Penelope´s twelve beloved maids. What were his motives? And what was Penelope herself really up to? Margaret Atwood has given Penelope a realistic and witty voice to tell her own story and set the record straight for good. "As potent as a curse." Lucy Hughes-Hallett, Sunday Times "Pragmatic, clever, domestic, mournful, Penelope is a perfect Atwood heroine." Sam Leith, Spectator "Atwood takes Penelope´s part with tremendous verve... she explores the very nature of mythic story-telling." Mary Beard, Guardian Zusammenfassung 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... And then, when Odysseus finally returns and slaughters the murderous suitors, he brutally hangs Penelope´s twelve beloved maids. What were his motives? And what was Penelope really up to? Critically acclaimed when it was first published as part of Canongate´s Myth series, and following a very successful adaptation by the RSC, this new edition of The Penelopiad sees Margaret Atwood give Penelope a modern and witty voice to tell her side of the story, and set the record straight for good. ...
