Memorial

A Version of Homer's Iliad

By: Alice Oswald, Eavan Boland (Afterword by)

Write A Review

Paperback | 18 November 2013

At a Glance

Paperback
112 Pages

Dimensions(cm)
20.96 x 13.97 x 0.64

Paperback

$34.75

or 4 interest-free payments of $8.69 with

or

Ships in 15 to 25 business days

In this daring new work, the poet Alice Oswald strips away the narrative of the Iliad--the anger of Achilles, the story of Helen--in favor of attending to its atmospheres: the extended similes that bring so much of the natural order into the poem and the corresponding litany of the war-dead, most of whom are little more than names but each of whom lives and dies unforgettably and unforgotten in the copious retrospect of Homer's glance. The resulting poem is a war memorial and a profoundly responsive work that gives new voice to Homer's level-voiced version of the world. Through a mix of narrative and musical repetition, the sequence becomes a meditation on the loss of human life.

Industry Reviews

"Remembering on a grand scale . . . with a freshness to match Homer's own-as if each soldier had died on the day of writing." -- Observer "One of the best books of poetry I've read in years." -- Cleveland Plain Dealer "Audacious, powerful and beautiful." -- NPR "Graceful and elegiac." -- New York Daily News "Luminous. . . . [Oswald] has made a poem that blooms out of slaughter." -- New York Times Book Review

Shipping

	Standard Shipping	Express Shipping
Metro postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Regional postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Rural postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95

Orders over $79.00 qualify for free shipping.

How to return your order

At Booktopia, we offer hassle-free returns in accordance with our returns policy. If you wish to return an item, please get in touch with Booktopia Customer Care.

Additional postage charges may be applicable.