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Mendelsohn, Daniel

An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic

Signal / McClelland & Stewart, 2017

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Year of publication
2017
ISBN
9780771057427
Place of printing
Toronto
Author
Mendelsohn, Daniel
Publishers
Signal / McClelland & Stewart
Edition
1st Canadian Edition.
Keyword
HOMER ODYSSEY LITERARY CRITICISM BIOGRAPHY
Cover description
New
Binding description
H
Dust jacket
Yes
State of preservation
New
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
Yes

Description

'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