Author: MENDELSOHN, DANIEL
Title: An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic
Description: Toronto, Signal / McClelland & Stewart. 2017, 1st Canadian Edition. (ISBN: 9780771057427) Hardcover. Book, 'A deeply moving tale of a father and son's transformative journey in reading--and reliving--Homer's epic masterpiece. When eighty-one-year-old Jay Mendelsohn decides to enroll in the undergraduate Odyssey seminar his son teache.. the two find themselves on an adventure as profoundly emotional as it is intellectual.. But through the sometimes uncomfortable months that the two men explore Homer's great work together--first in the classroom, where Jay persistently challenges his son's interpretations, and then during a surprise-filled Mediterranean journey retracing Odysseus's famous voyages--it becomes clear that Daniel has much to learn, too. As this intricately woven memoir builds to its wrenching climax, Mendelsohn's narrative comes to deeply echo The Odyssey itself, with its timeless themes of deception and recognition, marriage and children, the pleasures of travel, and the meaning of home" 302p. Review copy with publishers PR laid in. New/New.

Keywords: 9780771057427 Homer Odyssey Literary Criticism Biography