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The Odyssey: A Dramatic Retelling of Homer's Epic Paperback - 2008

by Simon Armitage

In this new verse adaptation, Armitage has recast Homer's epic as a series of bristling dramatic dialogues: between gods and men; between no-nonsense Captain Odysseus and his unruly companions; and between subtle Odysseus and a range of shape-shifting adversaries.


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In this new verse adaptation, originally commissioned for BBC radio, Simon Armitage has recast Homer's epic as a series of bristling dramatic dialogues: between gods and men; between no-nonsense Captain Odysseus and his unruly, lotus-eating, homesick companions; and between subtle Odysseus (wiliest hero of antiquity) and a range of shape-shifting adversaries--Calypso, Circe, the Sirens, the Cyclops--as he and his men are pinballed between islands of adversity. One of the most individual voices of his generation, Armitage revitalizes our sense of the Odyssey as oral poetry, as indeed one of the greatest of tall tales.

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  • Title The Odyssey: A Dramatic Retelling of Homer's Epic
  • Author Simon Armitage
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, New York
  • Date 2008-04-01
  • ISBN 9780393330816 / 0393330818
  • Weight 0.48 lbs (0.22 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.26 x 5.76 x 0.65 in (20.98 x 14.63 x 1.65 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
  • Library of Congress subjects Odysseus (Greek mythology), Penelope (Greek mythology)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008001290
  • Dewey Decimal Code 822.914

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  • New York Times Book Review, 05/04/2008, Page 22
  • Publishers Weekly, 04/21/2008, Page 30
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