· Buy Ithaka by Geras, Adèle (ISBN: ) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders/5(15). · Ithaka by Adèle Geras. Click here for the lowest price! Paperback, , · Adele Geras’s Ithaka is the tale of Th. The women of the Ithaka are waiting. The goddess, Athene, waiting in the form of an owl, outside the queen’s window. The queen, Penelope, waiting, weaving, and unweaving the shroud she has pledged to complete before choosing a new suitor to replace her husband/5().
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Adèle Geras, whose previous book TROY was a retelling of THE ILIAD, has now taken on THE ODYSSEY. ITHAKA is the story of THE ODYSSEY told by those waiting for Odysseus's return. While it doesn't contain the same adventures as Odysseus's travels, Geras's treatment of the material lends quiet dignity to the events as told by an ordinary teenage girl, and fleshes out the story as it might have been experienced by women. [] 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. Written by Adele Geras and published in by Harcourt, Ithaka is young adult fiction that tells the story of the Odyssey from the viewpoint of those left behind. I do recommend reading this summary if the original epic before beginning Ithaka. Odysseus' wife Penelope son Telemachus the royal household are forced to carry on without him as the war rages.
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