{"product_id":"the-penelopiad-margaret-atwood-hardcover","title":"The Penelopiad -- Margaret Atwood, Hardcover","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA fresh take on what follows Homer's The Odyssey by the international best-selling author of The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow that all the others have run out of air, it's my turn to do a little story-making . . . So I'll spin my own thread.\u003c\/b\u003ePenelope. 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. Now Penelope wanders the underworld, spinning a different kind of thread: her own side of the story - a tale of lust, greed and murder.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Myths \u003c\/i\u003eseries 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Margaret Atwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Canongate Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781837260928\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargaret Atwood \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of more than forty books of fiction, poetry and critical essays. In addition to the classic \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, her novels include \u003ci\u003eCat's Eye\u003c\/i\u003e, shortlisted for the Booker Prize, \u003ci\u003eAlias Grace\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Mondello in Italy, \u003ci\u003eThe Blind Assassin\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2000 Booker Prize and \u003ci\u003eOryx and Crake\u003c\/i\u003e, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. She was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature in 2008. In 2017, \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale \u003c\/i\u003ewas adapted for an Emmy-nominated TV series and \u003ci\u003eAlias Grace\u003c\/i\u003e was adapted into a Netflix Original.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atwood, Margaret","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46914950988004,"sku":"9781837260928","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781837260928.jpg?v=1761756797","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/the-penelopiad-margaret-atwood-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}