'...meanwhile Odysseus woke up on Ithaca, but did not know it. He had been away for a long time of course, but it wasn't just that; a pale blur of mist veiled everything. 'In this eloquent colloquial version of the closing books of Homer's "Odyssey", Neil Curry has scrubbed the story free from all its side-tracks and digressions so as to leave clear one thread of Odysseus' final journey: from the shores of Ithaca to the marriage-bed where he is finally reunited with Penelope. The text is complemented by a selection of ...
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'...meanwhile Odysseus woke up on Ithaca, but did not know it. He had been away for a long time of course, but it wasn't just that; a pale blur of mist veiled everything. 'In this eloquent colloquial version of the closing books of Homer's "Odyssey", Neil Curry has scrubbed the story free from all its side-tracks and digressions so as to leave clear one thread of Odysseus' final journey: from the shores of Ithaca to the marriage-bed where he is finally reunited with Penelope. The text is complemented by a selection of images reproduced from the drawings Jim Dine made in 1987-8 from Greek and Roman statuary at the Glyptotek in Munich.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 300grams, ISBN: 9781870612043.
