- Title:
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House of Names (MP3)
- Written by:
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Colm Tóibín
- Read by:
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Juliet Stevenson; Pippa Nixon; Charlie Anson
- Format:
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Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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1
- Duration:
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8 hours 47 minutes
- MP3 size:
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381 MB
- Published:
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August 28 2017
- Available Date:
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August 28 2017
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781489405043
- Genres:
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Fiction; Literary Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda audio
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Format
Price
Bolinda price
'Tóibín creates suspense out of the simplest emotions: fear, love and, most poignantly, regret.'
TIME
From the thrilling imagination of bestselling, award-winning Colm Tóibín comes this ambitious, violent and modern retelling of one of our oldest and most enduring stories.
'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 bewildering, 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.
'The most compelling and moving portrait of a young woman I have read in a long time.'
The Guardian
'If there is a more brilliant writer than Tóibín working today, I don't know who that would be.'
The Irish Times