"Surely the best
and truest
Odyssey in the
English
language."
-MOSES HADAS,
N.
Y. Herald
Tribune Book Review
THE
TRANSLATED BY ROBERT,:FITZGERALD
"At last we have an Odyssey worthy of the origina1."
-WILLIAM ARROWSMITH
in
The Nation
"The Fitzgerald version stirs us precisely because
it does not give us 'the sense of reading an ancient
classic' so much as the thrill of discovering a great and
timeless
narrative."-Washington Post
"A slal?hing narrative in which almost every conceivable
human circumstance has been
dramatized.".;...Time
Winner of the 1961 Bollingen Award for the best
translation of a poem into English, Robert Fitzgerald's
translation 'of THE ODYSSEY has been acclaimed not
only for its fidelity to the original, but as a poetic
masterpiece in its own right. This beautiful edition of
THE ODYSSEY, with line drawings by Hans Erni,
is that rarest of all reading experiences - a book that
unquestionably deserves a place in your '
permanent library.
$4.95 at all booksellers
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