{"product_id":"the-penelopiad-9781837260928","title":"The Penelopiad","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\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Canongate Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781837260928\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224","brand":"Margaret Atwood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51634898108597,"sku":"9781837260928","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_2ac678e4-c515-4591-b1c5-9942672fb314.jpg?v=1756789414","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-penelopiad-9781837260928","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}