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	The Odyssey (Penguin Classics) by Homer
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Product Details Binding Paperback Dewey Decimal Number 808 EAN 9780143039952 ISBN 0143039954 Manufacturer Penguin Classics Number Of Items 1 Number Of Pages 560 Publication Date October 31, 2006 Publisher Penguin Classics Availability Usually ships in 24 hours Product Description Robert Fagles’s stunning modern-verse translation—available at last in our black-spine classics line The Odyssey is literature’s grandest evocation of everyman’s journey through life. In the myths and legends that are retold here, renowned translator Robert Fagles has captured the energy and poetry of Homer’s original in a bold, contemporary idiom and given us an Odyssey to read aloud, to savor, and to treasure for its sheer lyrical mastery. This is an Odyssey to delight both the classicist and the general reader, and to captivate a new generation of Homer’s students. There is no better way to encounter an epic that derives from an oral tradition than to hear it narrated by a fine Shakespearean actor. This requires a great translation, and this shining new verse translation by Robert Fagles?who also translated The Iliad (Audio Reviews, LJ 7/92)?has been rightly hailed as a masterpiece. It captures, in swift rhythms and flawless utterance, the tone, the temper, the very life of Homer's antic world without once sounding antiquated. The tale of Odysseus's long-awaited return from the Trojan Wars is majestically realized by Ian McKellan (seen most recently on film in Cold Comfort Farm and Richard III). Resisting every temptation to ham Homer's bardic lines, the sonorous-voiced McKellan hits home with truthful simplicity throughout, as if he were spinning out a heartfelt story during a long night in a pub. A fine introduction by Bernard Knox is included, but Penguin has reached new heights in bad presentation values, insuring instant destruction of the plastic containers within, while the music sounds like a petrified chicken on an infant's keyboard. But the words, like Homer's gods, are deathless. What more can a listener ask for? Highly recommended for all collections.?Peter Josyph, New York Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. Mr. Fagles has been remarkably successful in finding a style that is of our time and yet timeless. -- Richard Jenkyns, The New York Times Book Review Robert Fagles is the best living translator of ancient Greek drama, lyric poetry, and epic into modern English. -- Garry Wills, The New Yorker Wonderfully readable... Just the right blend of roughness and sophistication. -- Ted Hughes Wonderfully readable... Just the right blend of roughness and sophistication. (Ted Hughes) Robert Fagles is the best living translator of ancient Greek drama, lyric poetry, and epic into modern English. (Garry Wills, The New Yorker) Mr. Fagles has been remarkably successful in finding a style that is of our time and yet timeless. (Richard Jenkyns, The New York Times Book Review) Robert Fagles’s stunning modern-verse translation—available at last in our black-spine classics line The Odyssey is literature’s grandest evocation of everyman’s journey through life. In the myths and legends that are retold here, renowned translator Robert Fagles has captured the energy and poetry of Homer’s original in a bold, contemporary idiom and given us an Odyssey to read aloud, to savor, and to treasure for its sheer lyrical mastery. This is an Odyssey to delight both the classicist and the general reader, and to captivate a new generation of Homer’s students. Homer (c. 8th century BC) is considered the greatest of Greek poets. Robert Fagles has been awarded the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation and an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Bernard Knox is director emeritus of Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C. That 'man of twists and turns,' the great Odysseus, is a fitting hero for modern contemplation. He is a powerful warrior, an adventurer, a man of honor and tenderness. He is a survivor. He is also a victim of fate, a trickster and a ruthless avenger. In Robert Fagles's masterful translation we have a fresh look at this old story. Fagles chose to preserve the iambic pentameter form which, as Ian McKellen presents it, is never singsong but always singing. The story dances quietly along, pulling the listener toward the inevitable cadence that concludes each book. It's a deeply satisfying experience to listen to McKellen's subtle, resonant voice weave the story. Cherish the images as the web of this great tale is woven before the eyes of the mind. L.R.S. Winner of AUDIOFILE's Earphones Award (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine Customers who bought this item also bought The Iliad (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) The Odyssey (Cliffs Notes) The Iliad (Penguin Classics) Romeo and Juliet (Folger Shakespeare Library) Mythology Customer Reviews for: The Odyssey (Penguin Classics) Rating - Read it in one sitting...whew, it was THAT good! If you want to know about the translation, better read another review because I am no expert on translations of classic literature. All I have to say, is that I sincerely relished every page of Homer's Odyssey. Literary experts (such as my English professors at college) may find fault or excellence in the translation, but for me...I was taken on an unforgettable and exhilarating literary adventure! Truth be told, I could ... Read More Rating - A classic A very long book, but quite interesting and will keep you wanting to pick it up again. The English translation is well done and provides a strong basis for many lessons that hold true today. This tale holds such a strong fix in our popular culture that this reading is highly recommended for all high school students. Rating - Great story, horrible translation As a scholar of Homeric Greek I would avoid this translation at all costs. It may be very well written as far as narrative ease is concerned, but it absolutely doesn't follow the original text in either wording or meaning. Rating - Stick with Rieu's original... (I'm not sure why amazon has over half of these reviews for Fagels's translation on Rieu's page? I noticed this happening quite a bit on amazon, but anyway...) I have spent quite a bit of time comparing versions of "The Odyssey", and out of all of them I settled on Rieu's pioneering translation. It was originally published in 1946 as Penguin's very first book! He would recite "The Odyssey" from the original Greek ... 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