An odyssey : a father, a son, and an epic
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An odyssey : a father, a son, and an epic
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Edition:
First edition.
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306 pages ; 24 cm
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Summary:
The best-selling author of The Lost presents the story of a father and son's transformative shared journey in reading in the wake of the father's late-in-life enrollment in his son's undergraduate seminar, where the two engaged in debates over how to interpret Homer's classic masterpiece.
Contents:
Proem (invocation): 1964-2011 -- Telemachy (education): January-February 2011 -- Apologoi (adventures): March-June -- Nostos (homecoming): April -- Anagnorisis (recognition): May -- Sêma (the sign): April 6, 2012.
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Publication Info:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.
Subject:
Fathers and sons -- United States -- Biography. |
Fathers -- United States -- Death. |
Travel writing. |
Mendelsohn, Daniel Adam, 1960- |
Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) -- Influence. |
Homer. Odyssey -- Influence. |
Mendelsohn, Daniel Adam, 1960- -- Travel -- Mediterranean Region. |
Mendelsohn, Jay, 1929-2012 -- Travel -- Mediterranean Region. |
Odaiséas, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Odisej, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Odiseja, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Odisėjas, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Odisejs, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Odiseo, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Odiseu, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Odissea, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Odisseas, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Odisseu, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Odisseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Odissey, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Odusseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Odüsszeusz, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Odyseusz, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Odyssevs, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Odyseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Odysews, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Ódysseifur, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Oliseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Olisseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Oylixeus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Olytteus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Ulises, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Ulisse, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Ulissi, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Ulixes, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Ulysse, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Ulysses, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Utuze, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Οδυσσέας, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Ὀδυσσεύς, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Ὀλισεύς, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Ὀλισσεύς, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Ὀλυττεύς, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Οὐλιξεύς, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
אודיסאוס, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
オデュッセ i%&i%9, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
奥德修斯, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
오디세우스, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
أوديسيوس, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Адысей, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Одисеј, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Одисей, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Одіссей, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Одиссей, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Homer. Homeri Odyssea |
Homer. Homērou Odysseia |
Homer. Odisea |
Homer. Odiseʼah |
Homer. Odiseja |
Homer. Odissea |
Homer. Odissei͡a |
Homer. Odyssea |
Homer. Odyssee |
Homer. Odysseen |
Homer. Odysseia |
Homer. Ὀδύσσεια |
Homerus. Odyssea |
Sons and fathers |
SAILS ISBN:
9780385350594