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An Odyssey: A Father, A Son and an Epic,Daniel Mendelsohn- 9780007545131
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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.
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- Title
- An Odyssey: A Father, A Son and an Epic
- ISBN
- 9780007545131
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From the award-winning, best-selling writer: a deeply moving tale of a father and son's transformative journey in reading - and reliving - Homer's epic masterpiece. When eighty-one-year-old Jay Mendelsohn decides to enrol in the undergraduate seminar on the Odyssey that his son Daniel teaches at Bard College, the two find themselves on an adventure as profoundly emotional as it is intellectual. For Jay, a retired research scientist who sees the world through a mathematician's unforgiving eyes, this return to the classroom is his 'one last chance' to learn about the great literature he'd neglected in his youth - and, even more, a final opportunity to understand his son. But through the sometimes-uncomfortable months that follow, as the two men explore Homer's great work together - first in the classroom, where Jay persistently challenges his son's interpretations, and then during a surprise-filled Mediterranean journey retracing Odysseus' legendary voyages - it becomes clear that Daniel has much to learn, too: for Jay's responses to both the text and the travels gradually uncover long-buried secrets that allow the son to understand his difficult father at last. As this intricately woven memoir builds to its wrenching climax, Mendelsohn's narrative comes to echo The Odyssey itself, with its timeless themes of deception and recognition, marriage and children, the pleasures of travel and the meaning of home. Rich with literary and emotional insight, An Odyssey is a renowned author-scholar's most revelatory entwining yet of personal narrative and literary exploration.
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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-13
9780007545131
eBay Product ID (ePID)
227281092
Product Key Features
Book Title
An Odyssey: a Father, a Son and an Epic: Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2017
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2018
Topic
Memorials
Genre
Ancient Literature
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
198 mm
Item Weight
80 g
Item Width
129 mm
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Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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