HOUSE OF NAMES: A Novel

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Scribner, 2017. First U.S. Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by author and dated "22 May 2017"on title page in black fountain ink. HOUSE OF NAMES "is a disturbingly contemporary story of a powerful woman caught between the demands of her ambition and the constraints on her gender... Never before has Toibin demonstrated such range," (The Washington Post). He brings a modern sensibility and language to an ancient classic, and gives this extraordinary character new life, so that we not only believe Clytemnestra's thirst for revenge, but applaud it. Told in four parts, this is a fiercely dramatic portrait of a murderess, who will herself be murdered by her own son, Orestes. It is Orestes's story, too: his capture by the forces of his mother's lover Aegisthus, his escape and his exile. And it is the story of the vengeful Electra, who watches over her mother and Aegisthus with cold anger and slow calculation, until, on the return of her brother, she has the fates of both of them in her hands. Author also of THE MASTER, MOTHERS AND SONS, BROOKLYN, THE EMPTY FAMILY, THE TESTMAENT OF MARY, NORA WEBSTER and HOUSE OF NAMES, among others..Mint, new,, unread, first edition, first printing opened only for signing, in new, mylar-protected dust jacket. *Packed carefully and shipped in a box to insure arrival in pristine condition. [Not remainder-marked or price-clipped] OFC 2F