I may be one of few people out there who didn't have to study Shakespeare in school or read Othello. I know the storyline of course, mostly thanks to a guide dog Sadie once had named Othello. This book offered an interesting point of view and different spin to an old story. If you've read Othello and wanted to know more about Iago this is the book for you. It's done well and is one of the books that I considered a quick read because it kept me engaged.
From Nicole Galland, acclaimed author of The Fool's Tale, comes a
marvelous evocation of a distant time and place . . . and a breathtaking
reexamination of one of literature's classic villains
From earliest childhood, the precocious boy called Iago had inconvenient
tendencies toward honesty—a failing that made him an embarrassment to his family
and an outcast in the corrupt culture of glittering Renaissance Venice.
Embracing military life as an antidote to the frippery of Venetian society, Iago
won the love of the beautiful Emilia and the regard of Venice's revered General
Othello. After years of abuse and rejection, Iago was poised to achieve
everything he had ever fought for and dreamed of . . .
But a cascade of unexpected deceptions propels him on a catastrophic quest
for righteous vengeance, contorting his moral compass until he has betrayed his
closest friends and family, and sealed his own fate as one of the most notorious
villains of all time.
Inspired by William Shakespeare's classic tragedy Othello—a timeless
tale of friendship and treachery, love and jealousy—Galland's I, Iago
sheds fascinating new light on a complex soul, and on the conditions and fateful
events that helped to create a monster.
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19 comments:
My favorite is Juliet, I'm such a romantic =P
I like Hamlet (and the witches from Macbeth).
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My favourite character is also Hamlet!
oh gosh, I don't know! I really did enjoy Iago because he's just so interesting. But for someone else? Hmm...I liked Olivia in Twelfth Night
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My favorite Shakespeare character is Titania, Queen of the Fairies, from A Summer Night's Dream. Just love the play so much! :)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
yep hamlet
I like Romeo!
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macbeth
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othello
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Hamlet!
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My favorite has to be Romeo!
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I liked Romeo and Juliet. Thank you
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I suppose that my favorite character would have to be Julius Ceasar. kristiedonelson(at)gmail(dot)com Thank you.
I liked Romeo and Juliet.
Thank you for this giveaway.
:)Jeanne B.T.
Juliet
Romeo.
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