{"product_id":"the-penelopiad-9781786892485","title":"The Penelopiad","description":"\u003cp\u003e\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow 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\u003ci\u003eThe Myths\u003c\/i\u003e series 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargaret Atwood\u003c\/b\u003e is 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\u003e Cat's Eye\u003c\/i\u003e, shortlisted for the Booker Prize, \u003ci\u003e Alias Grace\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Mondello in Italy, \u003ci\u003eThe Blind Assassi\u003c\/i\u003en, 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\u003ewas adapted into a Netflix Original\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Canongate Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50576215015698,"sku":"9781786892485","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3f132238-bf99-41b5-bc0b-e230a3869464.jpg?v=1761039600","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-penelopiad-9781786892485","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}