| An Iliad Contributor(s): Baricco, Alessandro (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307275396 ISBN-13: 9780307275394 Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2007 Annotation: The acclaimed author of the bestseller "Silk" now offers a bold reimagining of our civilization's greatest tale of war: the siege of Troy, as told through the voices of 21 Homeric characters in the narrative idiom of our modern imagination. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | War & Military |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Vintage International |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 5.54" W x 7.96" (0.42 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A bold re-imagining of our civilization's greatest tale of war, from the acclaimed and bestselling author of Silk. In An Iliad, Alessandro Baricco re-creates the siege of Troy through the voices of twenty-one Homeric characters, in the narrative idiom of our modern imagination. From the return of Chryseis to the burial of Hector, we see through human eyes and feel with human hearts the unforgettable events first recounted almost three thousand years ago. Imbuing the stuff of legend with a startling new relevancy and humanity, Baricco gives us The Iliad as we have never known it. His transformative achievement is certain to delight and fascinate all readers of Homer's indispensable classic. |