House of names
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From the thrilling imagination of bestselling, award-winning Colm Tóibín comes a retelling of the story of Clytemnestra and her children, spectacularly audacious, violent, vengeful, lustful, and instantly compelling. In House of Names, Colm Tóibín brings a modern sensibility and language to an ancient classic, and gives this extraordinary character new life, so that we not only believe Clytemnestra's thirst for revenge, but applaud it. He brilliantly inhabits the mind of one of Greek myth's most powerful villains to reveal the love, lust, and pain she feels. Told in fours parts, this is a fiercely dramatic portrait of a murderess, who will herself be murdered by her own son, Orestes. It is Orestes' story, too: his capture by the forces of his mother's lover Aegisthus, his escape and his exile. And it is the story of the vengeful Electra, who watches over her mother and Aegisthus with cold anger and slow calculation, until, on the return of her brother, she has the fates of both of them in her hands.
Subjects
Subjects
Adultery
Adultery -- Fiction
Audiobooks
Betrayal
Betrayal -- Fiction
Clytemnestra
Clytemnestra, -- Queen of Mycenae -- Fiction
Electra
Electra -- (Greek mythological figure) -- Fiction
Large type books
Man-woman relationships
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
Murder
Murder -- Fiction
Mythology, Greek
Mythology, Greek -- Fiction
Orestes
Orestes, -- King of Argos (Mythological character) -- Fiction
Revenge
Revenge -- Fiction
Adultery -- Fiction
Audiobooks
Betrayal
Betrayal -- Fiction
Clytemnestra
Clytemnestra, -- Queen of Mycenae -- Fiction
Electra
Electra -- (Greek mythological figure) -- Fiction
Large type books
Man-woman relationships
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
Murder
Murder -- Fiction
Mythology, Greek
Mythology, Greek -- Fiction
Orestes
Orestes, -- King of Argos (Mythological character) -- Fiction
Revenge
Revenge -- Fiction
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9781501140211
9781683243946
9781508227908
9781987111477
9781683243946
9781508227908
9781987111477
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Anson, Charlie
Nixon, Pippa, 1980-
Ryan, Colm
Schappell, Elissa
Stevenson, Juliet
Nixon, Pippa, 1980-
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From the thrilling imagination of bestselling, award-winning Colm Tóibín comes a retelling of the story of Clytemnestra and her children, spectacularly audacious, violent, vengeful, lustful, and instantly compelling. In House of Names, Colm Tóibín brings a modern sensibility and language to an ancient classic, and gives this extraordinary character new life, so that we not only believe Clytemnestra's thirst for revenge, but applaud it. He brilliantly inhabits the mind of one of Greek myth's most powerful villains to reveal the love, lust, and pain she feels. Told in fours parts, this is a fiercely dramatic portrait of a murderess, who will herself be murdered by her own son, Orestes. It is Orestes' story, too: his capture by the forces of his mother's lover Aegisthus, his escape and his exile. And it is the story of the vengeful Electra, who watches over her mother and Aegisthus with cold anger and slow calculation, until, on the return of her brother, she has the fates of both of them in her hands.
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ADULT BOOK ON CD
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Adultery -- Fiction
Audiobooks
Betrayal -- Fiction
Clytemnestra, -- Queen of Mycenae -- Fiction
Electra -- (Greek mythological figure) -- Fiction
Large type books
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
Murder -- Fiction
Mythology, Greek -- Fiction
Orestes, -- King of Argos (Mythological character) -- Fiction
Revenge -- Fiction
Audiobooks
Betrayal -- Fiction
Clytemnestra, -- Queen of Mycenae -- Fiction
Electra -- (Greek mythological figure) -- Fiction
Large type books
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
Murder -- Fiction
Mythology, Greek -- Fiction
Orestes, -- King of Argos (Mythological character) -- Fiction
Revenge -- Fiction
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House of names / Colm Tóibín
House of names a novel / Colm Toibin
House of names / Colm Tóibín
House of names a novel / Colm Toibin
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House of names
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Adultery
Betrayal
Clytemnestra
Electra
Large type books
Man-woman relationships
Murder
Mythology, Greek
Orestes
Revenge
Betrayal
Clytemnestra
Electra
Large type books
Man-woman relationships
Murder
Mythology, Greek
Orestes
Revenge
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