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Mendelsohn, Daniel

An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic

Signal / McClelland & Stewart, 2017

30,00 €

Kalamos Books

(STREETSVILLE, Canada)

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Anno di pubblicazione
2017
ISBN
9780771057427
Luogo di stampa
Toronto
Autore
Mendelsohn, Daniel
Editori
Signal / McClelland & Stewart
Edizione
1st Canadian Edition.
Soggetto
HOMER ODYSSEY LITERARY CRITICISM BIOGRAPHY
Descrizione
New
Descrizione
H
Sovracoperta
Stato di conservazione
Nuovo
Legatura
Rilegato
Copia autografata
No
Prima edizione

Descrizione

'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 enroll in the undergraduate Odyssey seminar his son teache. the two find themselves on an adventure as profoundly emotional as it is intellectual. But through the sometimes uncomfortable months that 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's famous voyages--it becomes clear that Daniel has much to learn, too. As this intricately woven memoir builds to its wrenching climax, Mendelsohn's narrative comes to deeply echo The Odyssey itself, with its timeless themes of deception and recognition, marriage and children, the pleasures of travel, and the meaning of home" 302p. Review copy with publishers PR laid in