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Lavinia
Ursula K. Le Guin
2008
The Penelopiad
Margaret Atwood · 2005
162 pages
From the underworld, Penelope tells her side of the long wait for Odysseus, while the twelve hanged maids answer with their own chorus. The familiar myth is retold from the women the epic left out.
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Mythology Retelling, Unreliable Narrator, Outcast Hero, Betrayal
