EAN: 9780393356250

THE ODYSSEY - HOMER HOMER EMILY WILSON KARTONIE...

The first great adventure story in the Western canon  The Odyssey is a poem about violence and
the aftermath of war  about wealth  poverty and power  about marriage  family and identity  and
about travellers  hospitality and the changing meanings of home in a strange world.   This
vivid new translation-the first by a woman-matches the number of lines in the Greek original 
striding at Homer's sprightly pace. Emily Wilson employs elemental  resonant language and an
iambic pentameter to produce a translation with an enchanting "rhythm and rumble" that avoids
proclaiming its own grandeur. An engrossing tale told in a compelling new voice that allows
contemporary readers to luxuriate in Homer's descriptions and similes and to thrill at the
tension and excitement of its hero's adventures  Wilson recaptures what is "epic" about this
wellspring of world literature.   Specially bound paperback edition  with deckle-edging
(rough-cut) pages and French flaps.

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