{"product_id":"the-odyssey-simon-armitage-9780393330816","title":"The Odyssey: A Dramatic Retelling of Homer's Epic","description":"In this new verse adaptation, originally commissioned for BBC radio, Simon Armitage has recast Homer's epic as a series of bristling dramatic dialogues: between gods and men; between no-nonsense Captain Odysseus and his unruly, lotus-eating, homesick companions; and between subtle Odysseus (wiliest hero of antiquity) and a range of shape-shifting adversaries--Calypso, Circe, the Sirens, the Cyclops--as he and his men are \"pinballed between islands\" of adversity. One of the most individual voices of his generation, Armitage revitalizes our sense of the \u003cem\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/em\u003e as oral poetry, as indeed one of the greatest of tall tales.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon Armitage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393330818\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393330816\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.26h x 5.76w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/21\/2008 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/27\/2008 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/04\/2008 pg. 22","brand":"Simon Armitage","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049804165375,"sku":"9780393330816","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f2db2376-1045-41d7-a9fa-e93d0aa5e572.jpg?v=1685003545","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-odyssey-simon-armitage-9780393330816","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}