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The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus Margaret Atwood
Publisher: Canongate U.S.

Here, Atwood turns the focus from Odysseus onto Penelope, who from the underworld of Hades tells us about her own life, interspersed with choruses by the 12 maids who were hung to death upon Odysseus's return. The Penelopiad is the retelling of the myth of Penelope and Odysseus, with Penelope as our narrator. Which is the whole point of mythology. The Penelopiad is Atwood's re-telling of Homer's The Odyssey from the perspective of his loyal wife Penelope. Summary: For Penelope, wife of Odysseus, maintaining a kingdom while her husband fights in the Trojan war is not a simple business. This is the fourth book in the Canongate Myths Series that I've read, and incidentally, my first Margaret Atwood. Already aggravated that he has been lured away due to the shocking behaviour of It was an interesting take on the myth and shows Atwood's ability to take something and twist it to showcase her whit and creativity, she's a great storyteller and this is another example of it. Written in 2005 as part of the Canongate Myth series, The Penelopiad is often part, as I see it, is the view of feminism Atwood leaves us with in The Penelopiad. One of the stranger parts of Odyssey is Odysseus and Telemachus' slaughtering of Penelope's maids once they regain control of his kingdom. The maids are, in many ways, more of a counterpoint to Penelope's story than the original myth because they tell an alternate tale of life in Ithaca, waiting for Odysseus to come home. Previous volumes have included Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus and David Grossman's Lion's Honey: The Myth of Sampson. Title: The Penelopiad Author: Margaret Atwood Pages: 196. Ever since I heard about the Read-A-Myth Challenge, so kindly hosted by JoV and Bina, I have been looking forward to reading Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad. In 2005, the British publishing house of Canongate began producing a series of short novels based on myths from Western and non-Western civilizations. Review: I've taken to loading an audiobook on my ipod I was seriously considering reading this book last year as part of my Read-A-Myth challenge but in the end had too many other books to read. The Penelopiad tells the legendary story of Homer's Odyssey from the point of view of its hero Odysseus's intelligent and long-suffering wife, Penelope. How we see the maids, and how we see Penelope– hell, how we see women in myth– says as much about the story as it does about us.