House of Names [electronic resource]
Tóibín, Colm, 1955-2017
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From the bestselling and award-winning author of Brooklyn and Nora Webster
"If there is a more brilliant writer than Toibin working today, I don't know who
that would be" Karen Joy Fowler, Irish Times
"ToÌibiÌn creates suspense out of the simplest emotions: fear, love and, most
poignantly, regret" TIME
From the thrilling imagination of bestselling, award-winning Colm ToÌibiÌn
comes this ambitious, violent and modern retelling of one of our oldest and most
enduring stories.
I HAVE BEEN ACQUAINTED WITH THE SMELL OF DEATH.
Judged, despised, cursed by gods she has long since lost faith in, the murderess
Clytemnestra tells of the deception of Agamemnon, how he sacrificed her eldest
daughter - her beloved Iphigenia - to the Trojan campaign; how Clytemnestra used
what power she had, seducing the prisoner Aegisthus, turning the government
against its lord; plotting the many long years until her beacon fires announce
the king's return ...
Electra, daughter of a mu...
Main title:
House of Names [electronic resource] / Colm Toibin
Author:
Tóibín, Colm, 1955-, Author
Imprint:
Australia : Picador Australia, 2017
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Audience:
General / adult
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781760552770
Language:
English
BRN:
428333
Electronic access:
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |