10 MIGLIORI VENDUTI DEL SUNDAY TIMES 'Indimenticabile' Mary Beard 'Le tagliarono i capelli prima di trascinarla nel luogo del sacrificio. Le avevano imbavagliato la bocca per impedirle di maledire suo padre, il suo vigliacco padre dalla doppia lingua. Tuttavia, udirono le sue urla soffocate.' Il giorno delle nozze di sua figlia, Agamennone ordina il suo sacrificio. Sua figlia viene condotta a morte e Agamennone conduce il suo esercito in battaglia, dove viene ricompensato con una gloriosa vittoria. Tre anni dopo, torna a casa e la sua azione omicida ha messo l'intera famiglia - madre, fratello, sorella - su un percorso di violenza intima, mentre entrano in un mondo di comandi sussurrati e viaggi silenziosi attraverso le segrete e le camere da letto del palazzo. Mentre la moglie cerca di ucciderlo, la figlia Elettra è l'osservatrice silenziosa del gioco dell'innocenza della famiglia, mentre il figlio Oreste viene mandato in un esilio sconcertante e spaventoso, dove la sopravvivenza è tutt'altro che certa. Dopo la loro desolante perdita, Elettra e Oreste devono trovare un modo per rimediare a questi torti del passato, anche se ciò significa impegnarsi in un atto terribile e barbaro. House of Names è una storia di intenso desiderio e scioccante tradimento. È un'opera di grande bellezza e audacia, di uno dei nostri migliori scrittori viventi. "Un capolavoro" Daily Telegraph "Devastantemente umano. Inquietantemente credibile" Guardian "Una celebrazione di ciò che i romanzi possono fare" Observer.
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Colm Tóibín was born in Enniscorthy in 1955. He is the author of nine novels including The Master, Brooklyn, The Testament of Mary and Nora Webster and, most recently, House of Names. His work has been shortlisted for the Booker three times, won the Costa Novel Award and the Impac Award. He has also published two collections of stories and many works of non-fiction. He lives in Dublin.
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 silen
'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.
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