{"product_id":"homer-odyssey-norbert-a-d-albertson-jr-9781495934254","title":"Homer Odyssey","description":"In this new translation of the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e, Norbert Albertson has succeeded in crafting a vivid and thoughtful English version of Homer's great work. Both true to the original and resonant in the present day, it is a masterful work of story-telling for readers of our time. Translator's note: The Greek \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the supreme achievements of the human mind and spirit. This book is not \u003ci\u003ethat\u003c\/i\u003e Odyssey, but a translation, which-like all other translations of the Odyssey-like any translation of any work of literature-is a re-creation in a different language of \u003ci\u003esome\u003c\/i\u003e of the qualities of the original work. So at the very beginning, a translator must ask himself: \"Which qualities of this work can I hope to re-create?\" If you look at a number of translations of the Odyssey, you soon see that each translator has answered that question in his own way, a way that differs-and usually differs greatly-from that of all the others. In \u003ci\u003eOn Translating Homer\u003c\/i\u003e, Matthew Arnold, the great Victorian poet and critic, famously says that the qualities of Homer are four: he is rapid; he is plain and direct in thought and expression; he is plain and direct in substance; and he is noble. In this translation I have aimed at the first three, hoping (and partly believing) that, if I succeeded to some degree in those first three, the fourth would take care of itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Norbert A. D. Albertson, Homer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 149593425X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781495934254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/12\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.82d","brand":"Norbert A. D. Albertson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43985872027903,"sku":"9781495934254","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9a6853f9-61ca-42c8-b170-5845e0ce3e82.jpg?v=1683280038","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/homer-odyssey-norbert-a-d-albertson-jr-9781495934254","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}