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THE ODYSSEY - HOMER LEINEN

Homer’s classic epic of survival  revenge  and homecoming  translated by E. V. Rieu  now in a
stunning clothbound edition designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith  and featuring an Introduction
by Peter V. Jones.  Soon to be a major motion picture directed by Christopher Nolan   The epic
tale of Odysseus and his ten-year journey home after the Trojan War  one of the earliest and
greatest works of Western literature. Confronted by natural and supernatural threats—shipwrecks
battles  monsters  and the implacable enmity of the sea god Poseidon—Odysseus must use his wit
and native cunning if he is to reach his homeland of Ithaca safely and overcome the obstacles
that  even there  await him.  Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature
in the English-speaking world  representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout
history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative
texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors 
as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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