Penelope (SIGNED COPY)

STOPPARD, Tom

ISBN 10: 0571378730 / ISBN 13: 9780571378739

Published by Faber & Faber, London, 2022

One of 200 signed copies. Introduction and libretto done for Andre Previn's 'Penelope'. 8vo in plain black stiff card covers with stiff paper dust jacket, vii + 14pp . [CONDITION: NEW unread and unmarked copy in a NEW complete Dust Jacket ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . To see more of our Poetry books type DbbPOETRY in the Keywords search box . . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS. Seller Inventory # TN252728

Synopsis:

Let others sing of war and a hero buffeted by fate. I sing of marriage and a marriage bed, and the endurance of love.

With an introduction by the author, this is Tom Stoppard in the voice of Odysseus's wife recalling how the Trojan War 'took away my husband for ten years, and ten more coming the long way home', and Odysseus's dramatic arrival back on Ithaca.

Weaving Homeric tropes with the wry wit of a woman of our time, Penelope tells this still vibrant love story from the oldest poem in Western literature.

About the Author:

Tom Stoppard (1937-2025). His work includes Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, The Real Inspector Hound, Jumpers, Travesties, Night and Day, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, After Magritte, Dirty Linen, The Real Thing, Hapgood, Arcadia, Indian Ink, The Invention of Love, the trilogy The Coast of Utopia, Rock 'n' Roll, The Hard Problem and Leopoldstadt.
His radio plays include If You're Glad I'll Be Frank, Albert's Bridge, Where Are They Now?, Artist Descending a Staircase, The Dog It Was That Died, In the Native State and Darkside (incorporating Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon).
Television work includes Professional Foul, Squaring the Circle and Parade's End.
Film credits include Empire of the Sun, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, which he also directed, Shakespeare in Love, Enigma and Anna Karenina.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Penelope (SIGNED COPY)
Publisher: Faber & Faber, London
Publication Date: 2022
Binding: SOFTCOVER
Condition: New
Dust Jacket Condition: New
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition.