{"product_id":"war-music-an-account-of-homers-iliad-paperback","title":"War Music: An Account of Homer's Iliad - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Logue\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA remarkable hybrid of translation, adaptation, and invention\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePicture the east Aegean sea by night, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd on a beach aslant its shimmering \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUpwards of 50,000 men\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAsleep like spoons beside their lethal Fleet. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Your life at every instant up for-- \/ Gone. \/ And, candidly, who gives a toss? \/ Your heart beats strong. Your spirit grips,\" writes Christopher Logue in his original version of Homer's \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e, the uncanny \"translation of translations\" that won ecstatic and unparalleled acclaim as \"the best translation of Homer since Pope's\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Logue's account of Homer's \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e is a radical reimagining and reconfiguration of Homer's tale of warfare, human folly, and the power of the gods in language and verse that is emphatically modern and \"possessed of a very terrible beauty\" (\u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e). Illness prevented him from bringing his version of the \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e to completion, but enough survives in notebooks and letters to assemble a compilation that includes the previously published volumes \u003ci\u003eWar Music\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKings\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Husbands\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAll Day Permanent Red\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCold Calls\u003c\/i\u003e, along with previously unpublished material, in one final illuminating volume arranged by his friend and fellow poet Christopher Reid. The result, \u003ci\u003eWar Music\u003c\/i\u003e, comes as near as possible to representing the poet's complete vision and confirms what his admirers have long known: that \"\u003ci\u003eLogue's Homer\u003c\/i\u003e is likely to endure as one of the great long poems of the twentieth century\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Logue\u003c\/b\u003e (1926-2011), poet, playwright, scriptwriter, and actor, was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire. He moved to Paris in 1951, where he published his first books, \u003ci\u003eWand and Quadrant\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Seven Sonnets\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDevil, Maggot and Son\u003c\/i\u003e. Logue won the \u003ci\u003eParis Review \u003c\/i\u003e\/ Bernard F. O'Connor Award and was made a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for his contributions to literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 10, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52726292349235,"sku":"9780374536817","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/emhoY2V3KzgvY3Q0SCtUT1NXZ1Fzdz09.webp?v=1763733586","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/war-music-an-account-of-homers-iliad-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}