A Year of Shakespeare

A host of A-list writers, including Margaret Atwood, have been tapped to “reimagine” Shakespeare: LINK

EXCERPT:
Norway’s greatest literary export, Jo Nesbø, is set to venture into his darkest setting yet after being commissioned to retell Macbeth.

“A thriller about the struggle for power, set both in a gloomy, stormy crime noir-like setting and in a dark, paranoid human mind,” said Nesbø of Macbeth. “… No, it does not feel too far from home.”

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