Ithaka
Adèle Geras
352 pages, Hardcover
ISBN: 0152056033
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Language: English
Publish: 1136102400000
ClassicsFantasyFictionGreek MythologyHistoricalHistorical FictionMythologyRetellingsRomanceYoung Adult
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.