An Iliad : a story of war
Baricco, Alessandro, 1958-2008
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Alessandro Baricco recreates the siege of Troy through the voices of 21 Homeric characters. Sacrificing none of Homer's panoramic scope, he forgoes Homer's detachment and admits us to realms of subjective experience his predecessor never explored.
Main title:
An Iliad : a story of war / Alessandro Baricco ; translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein.
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Imprint:
Edinburgh : Canongate, 2008.
Collation:
xi, 158 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
This translation originally published: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006; Edinburgh: Canongate, 2007.
ISBN:
9781847671035 (pbk)
Dewey class:
FICTION
Language:
EnglishItalian
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BRN:
520965
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