Homer's Daughter
Author | : Robert Graves |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 229 |
Release | : 2012-01-26 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780141970912 |
ISBN-13 | : 014197091X |
Rating | : 4/5 (91X Downloads) |
Download or read book Homer's Daughter written by Robert Graves and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2012-01-26 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Homer's Daughter Robert Graves recreates the Odyssey. This bold retelling of the ancient epic imagines that its author was not the blind and bearded Homer of legend, but a young woman in Western Sicily who calls herself NausicaƤ. In Robert Graves's words, Homer's Daughter is 'the story of a high-spirited and religious-minded Sicilian girl who saves her father's throne from usurpation, herself from a distasteful marriage, and her two younger brothers from butchery by boldly making things happen, instead of sitting still and hoping for the best.'