{"product_id":"homer-the-odyssey-2017-hardback","title":"Homer: The Odyssey [2017] hardback","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eChristopher Nolan's \u003cem\u003eThe Odyssey\u003c\/em\u003e  starring Matt Damon as Odysseus and Anne Hathaway as Penelope, shot entirely on IMAX film cameras has brought Homer's epic roaring back onto the world's biggest screens. But long before the trailers, the ancient poem itself was the original blockbuster: the first great adventure story in the Western canon. \u003cspan class=\"inline-flex\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThe Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty and power; about marriage, family and identity; and about travellers, hospitality and the changing meanings of home in a strange world. Themes Nolan has chased his entire career  lost time, fractured identity, the impossible journey back —all begin here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eAnd this is the very translation that shaped his vision. Emily Wilson's vivid rendering  the first by a woman  matches the number of lines in the Greek original, striding at Homer's sprightly pace. Her elemental, resonant language and driving iambic pentameter create an enchanting \"rhythm and rumble\" that never proclaims its own grandeur. It lets you luxuriate in Homer's descriptions and similes, and thrill at the tension of the hero's adventures  recapturing exactly what is \"epic\" about this wellspring of world literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eSee the film. Then discover the source code.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book has deckle-edged (rough-cut) pages.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Homer \u0026 Wilson, Emily (University Of Pennsylvani","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":54086482592083,"sku":"9780393089059","price":39.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/homer-wilson-emily-university-of-pennsylvani-homer-the-odyssey-2017-hardback-9780393089059-1245913605.jpg?v=1782319750","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/homer-the-odyssey-2017-hardback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}