{"product_id":"the-iliad","title":"The Iliad","description":"\u003cp\u003eHomer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Emily Wilson \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e100 Notable Books of 2023 • A\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBest Book of the Year 2023 • One of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAtlantic's\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBest Books of 2023 • One of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e's 100 Must-Read Books of 2023 • One of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew Statesman's\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e2023 Books of the Year • One of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eElectric Literature's\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBest Poetry Collections of 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe greatest literary landmark of antiquity masterfully rendered by the most celebrated translator of our time.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Emily Wilson’s translation of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Odyssey\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eappeared in 2017—revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that was “fresh, unpretentious and lean” (Madeline Miller,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e)—critics lauded it as “a revelation” (Susan Chira,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e) and “a cultural landmark” (Charlotte Higgins,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e) that would forever change how Homer is read in English. Now Wilson has returned with an equally revelatory translation of Homer’s other great epic—the most revered war poem of all time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIliad\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eroars with the clamor of arms, the bellowing boasts of victors, the fury and grief of loss, and the anguished cries of dying men. It sings, too, of the sublime magnitude of the world—the fierce beauty of nature and the gods’ grand schemes beyond the ken of mortals. In Wilson’s hands, this thrilling, magical, and often horrifying tale now gallops at a pace befitting its legendary battle scenes, in crisp but resonant language that evokes the poem’s deep pathos and reveals palpably real, even “complicated,” characters—both human and divine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe culmination of a decade of intense engagement with antiquity’s most surpassingly beautiful and emotionally complex poetry, Wilson’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIliad\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003enow gives us a complete Homer for our generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Stick Reads","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46165247754473,"sku":"9781324001805","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0406\/5548\/7129\/files\/9781324001805_7d4c9.jpg?v=1702403207","url":"https:\/\/redstickreads.com\/products\/the-iliad","provider":"Red Stick Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}