An Iliad

Fiction & Literature, Military, Literary
Cover of the book An Iliad by Alessandro Baricco, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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Author: Alessandro Baricco ISBN: 9780307486189
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Publication: December 10, 2008
Imprint: Vintage Language: English
Author: Alessandro Baricco
ISBN: 9780307486189
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication: December 10, 2008
Imprint: Vintage
Language: English

A bold re-imagining of our civilization’s greatest tale of war, from the acclaimed and bestselling author of Silk.

In An Iliad, Alessandro Baricco re-creates the siege of Troy through the voices of twenty-one Homeric characters, in the narrative idiom of our modern imagination. From the return of Chryseis to the burial of Hector, we see through human eyes and feel with human hearts the unforgettable events first recounted almost three thousand years ago. Imbuing the stuff of legend with a startling new relevancy and humanity, Baricco gives us The Iliad as we have never known it. His transformative achievement is certain to delight and fascinate all readers of Homer’s indispensable classic.

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A bold re-imagining of our civilization’s greatest tale of war, from the acclaimed and bestselling author of Silk.

In An Iliad, Alessandro Baricco re-creates the siege of Troy through the voices of twenty-one Homeric characters, in the narrative idiom of our modern imagination. From the return of Chryseis to the burial of Hector, we see through human eyes and feel with human hearts the unforgettable events first recounted almost three thousand years ago. Imbuing the stuff of legend with a startling new relevancy and humanity, Baricco gives us The Iliad as we have never known it. His transformative achievement is certain to delight and fascinate all readers of Homer’s indispensable classic.

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