A bold reimagining of our civilization's greatest tale of war, by the author of the acclaimed best seller Silk.
Alessandro Baricco re-creates the siege of Troy through the voices of twenty-one Homeric characters in the narrative idiom of our modern imagination. Sacrificing none of Homer's panoramic scope, Baricco forgoes Homeric detachment and admits us to realms of subjective experience his predecessor never explored. 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—events arranged not by the whims of the gods in this instance but by the dictates of human nature. With Andromache, Patroclus, Priam, and the rest, we are privy to the ghastly confusion of battle, the clamor of princely councils, the intimacies of the bedchamber—until finally only a blind poet is left to recount, secondhand, the awful fall of Ilium.
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.
Alessandro Baricco re-creates the siege of Troy through the voices of twenty-one Homeric characters in the narrative idiom of our modern imagination. Sacrificing none of Homer's panoramic scope, Baricco forgoes Homeric detachment and admits us to realms of subjective experience his predecessor never explored. 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—events arranged not by the whims of the gods in this instance but by the dictates of human nature. With Andromache, Patroclus, Priam, and the rest, we are privy to the ghastly confusion of battle, the clamor of princely councils, the intimacies of the bedchamber—until finally only a blind poet is left to recount, secondhand, the awful fall of Ilium.
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.
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Hardback Editions
August 2007 : Library Binding
| Title: Iliad Author(s): Alessandro Baricco ISBN: 1-4178-0742-3 / 978-1-4178-0742-0 (USA edition) Publisher: San Val Availability: Amazon More details... |
August 2007 : Hardback
| Title: An Iliad Author(s): Alessandro Baricco ISBN: 1-84195-901-4 / 9781841959016 (UK edition) Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
August 2006 : Hardback
| Title: An Iliad Author(s): Alessandro Baricco ISBN: 0-307-26355-X / 978-0-307-26355-1 (USA edition) Publisher: Knopf Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
March 2008 : Paperback
| Title: An Iliad: A Story of War Author(s): Alessandro Baricco ISBN: 1-84767-103-9 / 9781847671035 (UK edition) Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
August 2007 : Paperback
| Title: An Iliad (Vintage International) Author(s): Alessandro Baricco ISBN: 0-307-27539-6 / 978-0-307-27539-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Vintage Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
2006 : Paperback
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December 2008 : Kindle edition
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