Casa numelor

Casa numelor retells a myth of family grief and revenge. Agamemnon betrays Clytemnestra and commits a crime. These acts drive her to seek payback and power. Love shapes even her most brutal acts. She rejects the gods’ rule. She doubts that they exist.

Colm Tóibín tells this novel through three voices. They are Clytemnestra, Electra and Orestes. He explores a broken family’s pain and loss of roots. Their cruel acts stem from human choice, not divine fate. The close view of their lives leaves room for empathy.

The English original bears the title House of Names. Mihnea Gafita translated it. This edition forms part of the Raftul Denisei series.