Ithaka - Hardcover

Geras, Adele

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0152056033 ISBN 13: 9780152056032

Publisher: Harcourt Childrens Books, 2006

Synopsis

Many years have passed since the end of the Trojan War, and Penelope is still waiting for her husband, Odysseus, to return home. The city of Ithaka is overrun with uncouth suitors from the surrounding islands who are vying to win Penelope's hand in marriage, thereby gaining control of the land. When a naked, half-drowned man washes up on the beach, everything changes. . . .

Told through the eyes of Klymene, a young girl who is like a daughter to Penelope--and who longs for more than friendship from the young prince Telemachus--Ithaka captures the quiet strength and patience of a woman's enduring love for her husband and the ensuing chaos that threatens all as Penelope is pressured to remarry.

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Review:

*"In this sequel to Troy, Geras once again shows her skill at fashioning multi-dimensional characters from mythological figures and making them accessible to a 21st-century audience...Lovers of Greek mythology will appreciate the authentic flavor of this book, but readers need not be familiar with The Odyssey to follow the plot or to recognize themes of loyalty and unrequited love, which are brilliantly and movingly displayed throughout this ambitious, gripping novel." -Publishers Weekly (January 2, 2006, starred review)

[set star] "Themes of loyalty and unrequited love . . . are brilliantly and movingly displayed throughout this ambitious, gripping novel."--Publishers Weekly (starred)

Book Description:

A fascinating retelling of the classic story of Odysseus from the unusual perspective of his wife, Penelope.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harcourt Childrens Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0152056033
• ISBN 13: 9780152056032
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352