From the Bookshelf of Our Shared Shelf…
Find A Copy At
Group Discussions About This Book
No group discussions for this book yet.
What Members Thought
Not sure how to rate this.
Sometimes I feel not smart enough for Margaret Atwood.
I loved The Handmaids Tale last year. I was ambivalent to The Robber Bride.
Typical of Atwood. She keeps the narrative changing and challenging. You don't know who to believe. I can imagine this whole book as an avant garde theatre production.
I'm glad I read this and will look for more myth retellings from this Canongate series.
...more
Sometimes I feel not smart enough for Margaret Atwood.
I loved The Handmaids Tale last year. I was ambivalent to The Robber Bride.
Typical of Atwood. She keeps the narrative changing and challenging. You don't know who to believe. I can imagine this whole book as an avant garde theatre production.
I'm glad I read this and will look for more myth retellings from this Canongate series.
...more
Interesting and humorous twist on the Odyssey, narrated from Penelope's point of view. See, Ulysses took 20 years to get back home from Troy, and spent quite some time in the arms of Circe and Calypso, yet, he was outraged at finding his house full with suitors trying to win Penelope's heart (which goes along with the properties of the queen of Ithaca). Funny, witty and thought provoking.
...more
This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it,
click here.
Margaret Atwood does it again! She tells Penelope's story with just the right combo of wit, sarcasm, and heart!
...more
Apr 15, 2012
Nora
marked it as to-read
Oct 12, 2014
Gerald
marked it as to-read
Sep 06, 2016
Novena
added it
Oct 16, 2016
Ana Luísa
marked it as to-read
Apr 14, 2017
Rasika
marked it as to-read
Aug 13, 2019
NinaCD
marked it as to-read
Apr 06, 2023
Roksana
marked it as to-read
