Homer

The Iliad

A New Translation
Mitarbeit: Heaser, Kathy; Übersetzung: Mitchell, Stephen

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A stunning new translation of the classic tale of the fall of Troy from one of the world's finest translators. If you enjoyed THE SONG OF ACHILLES, discover the original and the best...

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Orion Publishing Group / Phoenix
• Seitenzahl: 544
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 420g
• ISBN-13: 9780753827772
• ISBN-10: 0753827778
• Artikelnr.: 35509723

Autorenporträt

The ILIAD is thought to have been composed in the second half of the eighth century BC. Stephen Mitchell is a bestselling translator. He has received great acclaim for his translations of GILGAMESH, THE BHAGAVAD GITA, THE TAO TE CHING, Rilke's SONNETS TO ORPHEUS, and THE BOOK OF JOB. He was educated at Amherst College, the Sorbonne and Yale University.

Rezensionen

The verse is well-forged and clean-limbed, pulsing along in an unobtrusive pentameter...Mitchell has re-energised it for a new generation SUNDAY TELEGRAPH