War Music: An Account of Books 1-4 and 16-19 of Homer's + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

War Music: An Account of Books 1-4 and 16-19 of Homer's "Iliad" Book

George Steiner, praising Christopher Logue's brilliant reconstruction of Homer's work, writes that this book has the "mystery of a creative echo," that it is a "translation of genius." Some combination of a translation, an adaptation, and a new poem inspired from an old wellspring, War Music is violent, beautiful, hypnotic, and terrifying. This is Homer for the era of Stephen King and Quentin Tarentino.Read More

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  • Product Description

    In his brilliant rendering of eight books of Homer's Iliad, Logue here retells some of the most evocative episodes of the war classic, including the death of Patroclus and Achilles's fateful return to battle, that sealed the doom of Troy. Compulsively readable, Logue's poetry flies off the page, and his compelling descriptions of the horrors of war have a surreal, dreamlike quality that has been compared to the films of Kurosawa. Retaining the great poem's story line but rewriting every incident, Logue brings the Trojan War to life for modern audiences.

  • 0226491900
  • 9780226491905
  • C Logue
  • 7 March 2008
  • Chicago University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 240
  • 2nd
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