1991, ISBN: 0195068181

[EAN: 9780195068184], Tweedehands, zeer goed, [SC: 9.93], [PU: New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press], Jacket, XXII, 327 p. Schutzumschlag mit leichten Randläsuren, Bleistiftanmerkung… More...

[EAN: 9780195068184], Tweedehands, zeer goed, [SC: 9.93], [PU: New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press], Jacket, XXII, 327 p. Schutzumschlag mit leichten Randläsuren, Bleistiftanmerkungen auf Vorsatz, sonst gut und innen sauber / Dust jacket with slight edgewear, pencil annotations on endpapers, otherwise good and clean inside. - Colonel T.E. Lawrence was one of the most flamboyant figures of his era, known throughout the Western world as Lawrence of Arabia. Glory-seeking yet self-effacing, this infamous soldier, archaeologist, spy, and scholar was a war hero whom Winston Churchill called "one of the greatest men of our time." Less well known were his abilities as historian and author, which won him the admiration of such writers as Ezra Pound, W.H. Auden, and Robert Graves. While stationed on a desolate R.A.F. outpost on the fringes of the Karachi Desert in India, Lawrence began his acclaimed translation of The Odyssey. He devoted himself to the project for four years, and during that time he came to feel that he was uniquely suited to the task. "I have hunted wild boars and watched wild lions," he wrote. "Built boats and killed many men. So I have odd knowledges that qualify me to understand The Odyssey, and odd experiences that interpret it to me." Relying on an innate sense of language and truly gifted abilities at translation, Lawrence transformed Homer’s Odyssey into mellifluous prose. The result was an overnight bestseller. The New York Herald Tribune hailed it as "perhaps the most interesting translation of the world’s most interesting book," and The New York Times called it "ruggedly and roughly masculine" and added that it "gives a vividness to the story beyond any other text familiar to us." Lawrence breathes new life into the adventures of Odysseus, smoothing the reader’s path through a fantastic array of monsters, temptresses, gods, and goddesses. For a generation of readers accustomed to verse translations of Homer, this bold and vivid prose version is well worth rediscovery. ISBN 9780195068184 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 653, Books<