The Odyssey – 5/5 Stars So my review is specific to the newer Emily Wilson translation, which I find particularly good and readable. She writes a long introduction that serves as a solid guide to the epic, to the writing, the historical context, and other important keys. This is long, but worthwhile, especially if you’re new to the story or it’s been a long time or you’re a little rough in your epic-reading. From there, there’s a very good translator’s note of some length explaining […]
Thanksgiving Week Glut
The Odyssey by Homer; Emily Wilson
A Good Man in Africa by William Boyd
Scoop by Evelyn Waugh
Nine Princes of Amber by Roger Zelazny
To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip Jose Farmer
Free Lance Pallbearers by Ishmael Reed
Dragons of Highlord Skies by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
Revolutionary Characters by Gordon Wood
Glory by Vladimir Nabokov
Lives of a Cell by Lewis Thomas
South of the Border West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami
Books of Blood by Clive Barker
Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut
Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov
