War Music: An Account of Books 1-4 and 16-19 of Homer's Iliad - Softcover

Logue, Christopher; Homer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0374524947 ISBN 13: 9780374524944

Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1997

Synopsis

The author's discussion of his approach to Homer's great epic, the Iliad, accompanies his translation of sections dealing with the death of Patroclus, the return of Achilles, and an attempt to make peace. Reprint.

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Review:

George Steiner, praising Christopher Logue's brilliant reconstruction of Homer's work, writes that this book has the "mystery of a creative echo," that it is a "translation of genius." Some combination of a translation, an adaptation, and a new poem inspired from an old wellspring, War Music is violent, beautiful, hypnotic, and terrifying. This is Homer for the era of Stephen King and Quentin Tarentino.

From the Inside Flap:

In his brilliant rendering of eight books of Homer's Iliad, Logue here retells some of the most evocative episodes of the war classic, including the death of Patroclus and Achilles's fateful return to battle, that sealed the doom of Troy. Compulsively readable, Logue's poetry flies off the page, and his compelling descriptions of the horrors of war have a surreal, dreamlike quality that has been compared to the films of Kurosawa. Retaining the great poem's story line but rewriting every incident, Logue brings the Trojan War to life for modern audiences.

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0374524947
• ISBN 13: 9780374524944
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 215