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House of Names

Door Colm Tóibín

Categorie
Engels
Boeknummer
#331128-VC35
Titel
House of Names
Auteur
Tóibín, Colm
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
Viking/Penguin Books
Jaar van uitgave
2017
ISBN10
0241264936
ISBN13
9780241264935
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, 8vo.
Samenvatting

'They cut her hair before they dragged her to the place of sacrifice. Her mouth was gagged to stop her cursing her father, her cowardly, two-tongued father. Nonetheless, they heard her muffled screams.'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 bew
... (Lees verder)ildering, 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. House of Names is a story of intense longing and shocking betrayal. It is a work of great beauty, and daring, from one of our finest living writers.
Pagina's
261
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 8,00

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