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House of Names

ISBN 
9780241257692
Format 
Paperback
Recommended Price 
R250.00
Published 
May 2018
About the book: 
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.
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