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Paperback Ithaka Book

ISBN: 0152061045

ISBN13: 9780152061043

Ithaka

Many years have passed since the end of the Trojan War, and Penelope is still waiting for her husband, Odysseus, to return home. The city of Ithaka is overrun with uncouth suitors from the surrounding islands who are vying to win Penelope's hand in marriage, thereby gaining control of the land. When a naked, half-drowned man washes up on the beach, everything changes. . . .

Told through the eyes of Klymene, a young girl who is like a daughter to Penelope--and who longs for more than friendship from the young prince Telemachus--Ithaka captures the quiet strength and patience of a woman's enduring love for her husband and the ensuing chaos that threatens all as Penelope is pressured to remarry.

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I loved it. It was a lovely love/adventure story with real characters and a good ending. It's not one of those stereo typical books where the girl OF COURSE gets the guy in the end. LOVE LOVE LOVE.

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Ithaka book review

Ithaka was a book that I took great pride in reading. I found myself enticed by the book and its accurate historic events. Having already read the first book "Troy" also by the author Adele Geras, I found myself hoping that Ithaka would be as good or better as the first. I was proven correct. The novel starts out with fresh characters in their early years. I have always enjoyed when an author does this because I feel I can...

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Rated 5 stars
Adolescence is Given a Mythic Resonance

Readers familiar with THE ODYSSEY know that it is the story of Odysseus's long journey home from the Trojan War. Odysseus outwits various monsters, witches, and even the gods to win back his kingdom and rescue his faithful wife from the hands of thieves. THE ODYSSEY contains lots of adventure, excitement and heartache. It can also be a challenging read since even modern translations adhere to its original verse format. Adèle...

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Rated 5 stars
Stories Weaved in Shrouds

It has been many years since King Odysseus has left to fight in the Trojan War. And many on the island from which he rules, Ithaka think that he is dead. Only a few still believe that he is alive, one of whom is his devoted wife, Queen Penelope. Not only must the lonely queen deal with running the island and its many affairs, but with Odysseus' quite mother Antikleia and temperamental father Laertes. Not to mention she and...

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Most Excellent Novel

This book has everything a person might want in a novel, not to mention one in the historical fiction genre. Adele Geras has proved time and time again how to capture the true elements of love, passion, war and time. What a joy!

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