Margaret Atwood i Testimoni

Recueil de vingt-sept fabliaux impertinents dans lesquels l'auteure multiplie les rôles, joue avec les mythes, les traditions culturelles, les antiennes et les idées reçues, prenant le contre-pied des machistes ou des féministes dogmatiques. …

Margaret Atwood returns with a shrewd, funny, and insightful retelling of the myth of Odysseus from the point of view of Penelope. Describing her own remarkable vision, the author writes in the foreword, “I’ve chosen to give the telling of the story to Penelope and to the twelve hanged maids. The maids form a chanting and singing Chorus, which focuses on two questions that must pose themselves after any close reading of the Odyssey: What led to the hanging of the maids, and what was Penelope really up to? The story as told in the Odyssey doesn’t hold water: there are too many inconsistencies. …