This Restless House

by Zinnie Harris

Aeschylus' Oresteia opens with Agamemnon sacrificing his daughter to the gods; an act which sets in motion a bloody cycle of revenge and counter-revenge. When he in turn is killed at the hands of his wife Clytemnestra, their son Orestes takes up the mantle of avenging his father, continuing the bloodshed until peace is ultimately found in the rule of law. Zinnie Harris reimagines this ancient drama, using a contemporary sensibility to rework the stories,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0571332625
• ISBN13: 9780571332625
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.9" x 7.7"