War Music : An Account of Books 1-4 and 16-19 of Homer's Iliad

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Summary: A Brilliant Work That Should Be Required Reading for All
Review: What stands out is the utter beauty of Mr. Logue's language. He creates images that resonate within the reader long after the book has been put down. Far from being an empty exercise in post-modern hipness, "War Music" is a new classic that manages to bring Homer to life again for the contemporary reader. It can proudly take its place on the bookshelf right next to the Fitzgerald or Fagles translation of Homer's "Iliad." Indeed, my only regret is that Mr. Logue has not seen fit to reinterpret the remainder of the "Iliad" for those of us who fell in love with his fierce, but lovely "War Music." Hint-hint.

Rating:
Summary: A Brilliant Work That Should Be Required Reading for All
Review: What stands out is the utter beauty of Mr. Logue's language. He creates images that resonate within the reader long after the book has been put down. Far from being an empty exercise in post-modern hipness, "War Music" is a new classic that manages to bring Homer to life again for the contemporary reader. It can proudly take its place on the bookshelf right next to the Fitzgerald or Fagles translation of Homer's "Iliad." Indeed, my only regret is that Mr. Logue has not seen fit to reinterpret the remainder of the "Iliad" for those of us who fell in love with his fierce, but lovely "War Music." Hint-hint.

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Summary: A work of genius
Review: Why must old works of literature sound like they're covered with dust? People rail against translations of the Bible, like the Message version, and translations of classics, like this book, as if they were desecrating our grandfathers. This is a re-vision of a work of genius that truly brings Homer into the modern age. As George Steiner says in Homer in English (which shows all the brilliance, as well as the boringness, of Homer translators of the past), this is one of the few translations of Homer that is a work of art in its own right. Get it!