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The Odyssey of Homer (Hardcover, New ed)
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The Odyssey of Homer (Hardcover, New ed)
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Colonel T.E. Lawrence was one of the most flamboyant figures of his
era, known throughout the Western world as Lawrence of Arabia.
Glory-seeking yet self-effacing, this soldier, archaeologist, spy,
and scholar was a war hero whom Winston Churchill called "one of
the greatest men of our time." Less well known were his abilities
as historian and author, which won him the admiration of such
writers as Ezra Pound, W.H. Auden, and Robert Graves.
While stationed on a desolate R.A.F. outpost on the fringes of the
Karachi desert in India, Lawrence began his acclaimed translation
of The Odyssey. He devoted himself to the project for four years,
and during that time he came to feel that he was uniquely suited to
the task. "I have hunted wild boars and watched wild lions," he
wrote. "Built boats and killed many men. So I have odd knowledges
that qualify me to understand The Odyssey, and odd experiences that
interpret it to me." Relying on an innate sense of language and
truly gifted abilities at translation, Lawrence transformed Homer's
Odyssey into mellifluous prose. The result was an overnight
bestseller. The New York Herald Tribune hailed it "perhaps the most
interesting translation of the world's most interesting book," and
The New York Times called it "ruggedly and roughly masculine" and
added that it "gives a vividness to the story beyond any other text
familiar to us."
Lawrence breathes new life into the adventures of Odysseus,
smoothing the reader's path through a fantastic array of monsters,
temptresses, gods, and goddesses. For a generation of readers
accustomed to verse translations of Homer, this bold and vivid
prose version is well worth rediscovery.
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