The Odyssey

Zusatztext “[Robert Fitzgerald’s translation is] a masterpiece . . . An Odyssey worthy of the original.” – The Nation “[Fitzgerald’s Odyssey and Iliad ] open up once more the unique greatness of Homer’s art at the level above the formula; yet at the same time they do not neglect the brilliant texture of Homeric verse at the level of the line and the phrase.” – The Yale Review “[In] Robert Fitzgerald’s translation . . . there is no anxious straining after mighty effects! but rather a constant readiness for what the occasion demands! a kind of Odyssean adequacy to the task in hand! and this line-by-line vigilance builds up into a completely credible imagined world.” –from the Introduction by Seamus Heaney Informationen zum Autor Geraldine McCaughrean Klappentext A modern retelling of the Homerian classic. The Trojan War is over, and Odysseus must now face the hungry one-eyed giant Polyphemus, the vengeful sea-god Poseidon, the sorceress Circe, and many other dangers on his long and perilous journey home. Zusammenfassung After ten years of war, Odysseus turns his back on Troy and sets sail for home. But his voyage takes another ten years and he must face many dangers. Polyphemus the greedy one-eyed giant, Scylla the six-headed sea monster and even the wrath of the gods themselves, before he is reunited with his wife and son.

Product details

• Authors: Victor G. Ambrus, Home, Homer, Geraldine McCaughrean, McCaughrean Geraldine
• Assisted by: Victor Ambrus (Illustration), Geraldine McCaughrean (Reader / Narrator)
• Publisher: Puffin UK
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 12 to 16
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.09.1997
• EAN: 9780140383096
• ISBN: 978-0-14-038309-6
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 178 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Puffin Classics; Puffin Classics
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, Ancient Greece, Literary essays, Interest age: from c 12 years, Interest age: from c 11 years, Educational: Modern (non-native or second) languages, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Language Study / General, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Language Study / General