Penelopiad

<p><b><i>A fresh take on what follows Homer's The Odyssey by the international best-selling author of The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood.<br></i></b></p><p>Penelope. Immortalised in legend and myth as the devoted wife of the glorious Odysseus silently weaving and unpicking and weaving again as she waits for her husband's return. <p/>Now Penelope wanders the underworld spinning a different kind of thread: her own side of the story - a tale of lust greed and murder. <p/><i>The Myths</i> series brings together some of the world's finest writers each of whom has retold a myth in a contemporary and memorable way. Authors in the series include Karen Armstrong Margaret Atwood A.S. Byatt David Grossman Natsuo Kirino Alexander McCall Smith Philip Pullman Ali Smith and Jeanette Winterson.</p>