One of her six favorite books inspired by literary classics, as shared at The Week magazine:House of Names by Colm TóibínRead about the other entries on the list.
Tóibín is one of the finest writers at work today, well up to the challenge of making the blood-drenched story of The Oresteia his own. Anyone thinking, "But I already know this story!" will be wrenched out of that thought upon reading Tóibín's account of Agamemnon's sacrifice of his daughter to appease the gods, as told from the perspective of the girl's mother, Clytemnestra.
--Marshal Zeringue
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