{"product_id":"9780571239498","title":"Penelopiad","description":"\u003cb\u003eMargaret Atwood's acclaimed stage adaptation of Homer.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e As portrayed in Homer's \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e, Penelope — wife of Odysseus and cousin of the beautiful Helen of Troy — has become a symbol of wifely duty and devotion, enduring twenty years of waiting when her husband goes to fight in the Trojan War. As she fends off the attentions of a hundred greedy suitors, travelling minstrels regale her with news of Odysseus' epic adventures around the Mediterranean — slaying monsters and grappling with amorous goddesses. When Odysseus finally comes home, he kills her suitors and then, in an act that served as little more than a footnote in Homer's original story, inexplicably hangs Penelope's twelve maids. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Now, Penelope and her chorus of wronged maids tell their side of the story in a new stage version by Margaret Atwood, adapted from her own wry, witty and wise novel. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Penelopiad\u003c\/i\u003e premiered with the Royal Shakespeare Company in association with Canada's National Arts Centre at the Swan Theatre, Stratford—upon—Avon, in July 2007.","brand":"Faber and Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43395768221757,"sku":"9780571239498","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9780571239498_p0.jpg?v=1784899768","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9780571239498","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}