Cold Calls: War Music Continued

by Christopher Logue

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A poetic retelling of Homer which made me realise for the first time what an extraordinary story teller the Greek was. I've read lots of translations of the Illiad. Now, having read Logue's translation, I finally "get it".
Logue is not exactly linear in his translation work; I'm hoping he'll fill in the gaps and publish as a single volume soon. (

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