Homer

Homer: Ensatina (Orange/Ltd) [Vinyl LP]

Homer: Ensatina [Vinyl LP]

Homer's great epic, <i>The Odyssey,</i> is perhaps Western literature's first adventure story, and certainly remains one of its finest. It describes King Odysseus of Ithaca's epic, ten-year quest to return home after the Trojan War. He encounters giants, sorceresses, sea-monsters and sirens, while his wife Penelope is forced to resist the suitors who besiege her on Ithaca. Both an enchanting fairy tale and a gripping drama, <i>The Odyssey</i> is immensely influential, not least for its rich complexity and the magnetism of its hero. <br/><br/>This Macmillan Collector's Library edition uses a translation by T. E. Lawrence, now remembered as 'Lawrence of Arabia' and the author of <i>Seven Pillars of Wisdom</i>. First published in 1932, his translation took four years to complete and has been continuously in print ever since. It is recognized as the first translation to be both faithful to the original text and written in accessible language. This edition also features an afterword by Ben Shaw.<br/><br/>Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover.

<b>'History's greatest adventure story brought to us anew by America's greatest living classicist-this is fast, fluent, thrilling, and a hugely impressive accomplishment' Lee Child<br/><br/></b><b>'This may be the best translation of <i>The Odyssey </i>yet' Edith Hall, <i>Telegraph, </i>Books of the Year</b><br/><br/><b>A magnificent, acclaimed new translation of the </b><i>Odyssey</i><b> by bestselling author and classicist Daniel Mendelsohn</b><br/><br/>With his <i>Odyssey</i>, best-selling author and classicist Daniel Mendelsohn has created a momentous new work, hailed by classicists and poets alike - a translation to stand with those of E. V. Rieu and Robert Fagles.<br/><br/>Setting aside the streamlining, modernizing approach of many recent translations, Mendelsohn artfully reproduces the epic's formal qualities - meter, enjambment, alliteration, assonance - and in so doing restores to Homer's master work its archaic grandeur. His expansive six-beat line, far closer to the original than that of other recent translations, allows him to capture each of Homer's verses line for line, without sacrificing the amplitude and shadings of the original.<br/><br/>The result is the richest, most precise, and most musical <i>Odyssey</i> in English, one that fully conveys its oral poetics while bringing to vivid life the gripping adventure, profound human insight and powerful themes that make Homer's work resonate some twenty-eight centuries after its composition. Supported by an extensive introduction and the fullest notes and commentary currently available, Mendelsohn's <i>Odyssey</i> is poised to become the authoritative English-language version of this magnificent, endlessly enjoyable masterpiece.

Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. <br/><br/>The epic tale of Odysseus and his ten-year journey home after the Trojan War forms 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 safely and overcome the obstacles that, even there, await him.

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