Homer's Odyssey
By (Author) Simon Armitage
Faber & Faber
Faber & Faber
1st December 2007
1st November 2007
Main
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)
821.914
Paperback
272
Width 130mm, Height 197mm, Spine 20mm
310g
Originally commissioned for BBC Radio, Simon Armitage recasts Homer's epic as a series of dramatic dialogues. His version bristles with the economy, wit and guile that we have come to expect from one of the most individual voices of his generation.
Simon Armitage was born in West Yorkshire in 1963. In 1992 he was winner of one of the first Forward Prizes, and a year later was the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year. He works as a freelance writer, broadcaster and playwright, and has written extensively for radio and television. Previous titles include Kid, Book of Matches, The Dead Sea Poems, CloudCuckooLand, Killing Time, The Universal Home Doctor and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.