The Odyssey
A New Translation
$41.47
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
8 December 2014
Summary
The classic tale of Odysseus’s return home in a stunning new translation.
THE ODYSSEY, which tells of Odysseus’s long voyage home after the battle of Troy, is one of the defining masterpieces of Western literature.
Populated by one-eyed man-eating giants, beautiful seductive goddesses, and lavishly hospitable kings and queens, it is an extraordinary work of the imagination, the original epic voyage into the unknown that has inspired other writing down through …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781780226804 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1780226802 |
| Author: | Homer, Stephen Mitchell |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 8 December 2014 |
| Weight: | 299g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 134mm x 27mm |
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Mitchell has re-energised it for a new generation - SUNDAY TELEGRAPH on Stephen Mitchell’s Iliad
A sturdy, muscular, and nuanced translation that will surely bring many new readers to this great work, ‘one of the monuments of our own magnificence,’ in Stephen Mitchell’s happy formulationA revelationLike Seamus Heaney’s recent retelling of BEOWULF, this book proves that in the right hands, no great story ever grows stale - NEWSWEEK on Stephen Mitchell’s GilgameshAbout The Author
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Stephen Mitchell is widely known for his ability to make old classics thrillingly new. His many books include the bestselling Tao Te Ching, Gilgamesh, The Gospel According to Jesus, The Book of Job, Bhagavad Gita, The Iliad and The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke.
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