From Stephen Mitchell, the renowned translator whose "Iliad "was
named one of "The New Yorker"'s Favorite Books of 2011, comes a
vivid new translation of the "Odyssey," complete with textual notes
and an illuminating introductory essay.
The hardcover publication of the" Odyssey "received glowing
reviews: "The New York Times" praised "Mitchell's fresh, elegant
diction and the care he lavishes on meter, which] brought me closer
to the transfigurative experience Keats describes on reading
Chapman's Homer"; "Booklist," " "in a starred review, said that
"Mitchell retells the first, still greatest adventure story in
Western literature with clarity, sweep, and force"; and John
Banville, author of "The Sea," " "called this translation "a
masterpiece."
The" Odyssey" is the original hero's journey, an epic voyage into
the unknown, and has inspired other creative work for millennia.
With its consummately modern hero, full of guile and wit, always
prepared to reinvent himself in order to realize his heart's
desire--to return to his home and family after ten years of
war--the "Odyssey" now speaks to us again across 2,600 years.
In words of great poetic power, this translation brings Odysseus
and his adventures to life as never before. Stephen Mitchell's
language keeps the diction close to spoken English, yet its rhythms
recreate the oceanic surge of the ancient Greek. Full of
imagination and light, beauty and humor, this "Odyssey" carries you
along in a fast stream of action and imagery. Just as Mitchell
"re-energised the "Iliad" for a new generation" ("The Sunday
Telegraph"), his "Odyssey" is the noblest, clearest, and most
captivating rendition of one of the defining masterpieces of
Western literature.
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