{"product_id":"the-penelopiad-9781837260928","title":"The Penelopiad","description":"\u003cb\u003e20th ANNIVERSARY EDITION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWITH A NEW FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAND AN AFTERWORD BY PHILIP PULLMAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\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\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePenelope . . . immortalised in legend and Greek myth as the devoted wife of the glorious Odysseus, silently weaving and unpicking and weaving again as she waits for her husband's return from the Trojan war.\u003cbr\u003eNow, in Atwood's wise and witty retelling of the myth, Penelope wanders the underworld, spinning a different kind of thread: her own side of the story - a tale of lust, greed and murder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Canongate Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51676284223762,"sku":"9781837260928","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_454f860c-50c0-4225-b1a1-de0a61355d98.jpg?v=1761052364","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-penelopiad-9781837260928","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}