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House of names / Colm Tóibín.

By: Tóibín, Colm, 1955-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Penguin Books, c2018Description: 261 p. ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9780241257692 (pbk.) :.Subject(s): Clytemnestra, Queen of Mycenae -- Fiction | Agamemnon, King of Mycenae (Mythological character) -- Fiction | Families -- Greece -- Fiction | Family violence -- Fiction | Adultery -- Fiction | Betrayal -- Fiction | Murder -- Fiction | Man-woman relationships -- FictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction. | Fantasy fiction.Summary: On the day of his daughter's wedding, Agamemnon orders her sacrifice. His daughter is led to her death, and Agamemnon leads his army into battle, where he is rewarded with glorious victory. Three years later, he returns home and his murderous action has set the entire family - mother, brother, sister - on a path of intimate violence, as they enter a world of hushed commands and soundless journeys through the palace's dungeons and bedchambers. As his wife seeks his death, his daughter, Electra, is the silent observer to the family's game of innocence while his son, Orestes, is sent into bewildering, frightening exile where survival is far from certain. Out of their desolating loss, Electra and Orestes must find a way to right these wrongs of the past even if it means committing themselves to a terrible, barbarous act.
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Books Books Portsmouth Branch Library
Fiction Paperback
Fiction F Tói (Browse shelf) Available PORT19071477
Books Books Portsmouth Branch Library
Fiction Paperback
Fiction F Tói (Browse shelf) Available PORT19071478
Books Books Roseau Public Library
Fiction Paperback
Fiction F Tói (Browse shelf) Available ROSE19071475
Books Books Roseau Public Library
Fiction Paperback
Fiction F Tói (Browse shelf) Available ROSE19071476
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On the day of his daughter's wedding, Agamemnon orders her sacrifice. His daughter is led to her death, and Agamemnon leads his army into battle, where he is rewarded with glorious victory. Three years later, he returns home and his murderous action has set the entire family - mother, brother, sister - on a path of intimate violence, as they enter a world of hushed commands and soundless journeys through the palace's dungeons and bedchambers. As his wife seeks his death, his daughter, Electra, is the silent observer to the family's game of innocence while his son, Orestes, is sent into bewildering, frightening exile where survival is far from certain. Out of their desolating loss, Electra and Orestes must find a way to right these wrongs of the past even if it means committing themselves to a terrible, barbarous act.

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