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The Odyssey (Puffin Classics)
Geraldine Mccaughrean
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Description for The Odyssey (Puffin Classics)
Paperback. After ten years of war, Odysseus turns his back on Troy and sets sail for home. But his voyage takes another ten years and he must face many dangers. Polyphemus the greedy one-eyed giant, Scylla the six-headed sea monster and even the wrath of the gods themselves, before he is reunited with his wife and son. Illustrator(s): Ambrus, Victor. Num Pages: 144 pages, map. BIC Classification: 2AB; 5AN; DNF; YQF. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 98.
The epic journey of Odysseus, the hero of Ancient Greece...
After ten years of war, Odysseus turns his back on Troy and sets sail for home. But his voyage takes another ten years and he must face many dangers - Polyphemus the greedy one-eyed giant, Scylla the six-headed sea monster and even the wrath of the gods themselves - before he is reunited with his wife and son.
Retold by award-winning author, Geraldine McCaughrean.
Geraldine McCaughrean has written over 160 other books, including A Little Lower Than Angels, which won the Whitbread Book of the Year Children's Novel Award ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Puffin
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140383096
SKU
V9780140383096
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 8 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Geraldine Mccaughrean
Born and educated in Enfield, North London, Geraldine McCaughrean is the youngest of three children. She worked at a London publishing house for ten years, and now works from home, in Berkshire. She has written around a hundred and sixty books, mostly for children. She has won numerous awards, including the Whitbread Book of the Year Children's Novel Award, The ... Read more
Reviews for The Odyssey (Puffin Classics)
“[Robert Fitzgerald’s translation is] a masterpiece . . . An Odyssey worthy of the original.” –The Nation “[Fitzgerald’s Odyssey and Iliad] open up once more the unique greatness of Homer’s art at the level above the formula; yet at the same time they do not neglect the brilliant texture of Homeric verse at the level of the line ... Read more