{"product_id":"the-penelopiad-hardcover","title":"The Penelopiad - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMargaret Atwood\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePhilip Pullman\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 20th anniversary edition of Margaret Atwood's iconic tale with a new foreword by the author and an afterword by Philip Pullman.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fresh take on what follows Homer's \u003ci\u003eThe Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e by the international best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePenelope. Immortalized 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\u003eNow Penelope wanders the underworld, spinning a different kind of thread: Her own side of the story is a tale of lust, greed and murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAtwood breathes new life into the classic story by giving a voice to Penelope and daring to ask what led to the hanging of twelve maids.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.6 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 28, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51889932861728,"sku":"9781837260928","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/A2jts2khxx9781837260928.webp?v=1781940094","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-penelopiad-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}