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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
Amazon just started a promotion that they are calling "50 books you should read in a lifetime," or something to that effect.
Among the selection is a new (2017) translation of Homer's _The Odyssey_, that very well might end up being the new standard, among English translations, of that classic (read the reviews!). The translator is Emily Wilson.
The price of the Kindle edition during this promo is only $3.99. It appears that Amazon isn't providing, at least at the present time, a "retail price," but they do divulge that the "print price" is $39.95. So, $3.99 seems to be a real bargain.
One concern that I have is that the book describes itself (very prominently!) as the "First Edition." _Sometimes_, it seems to me, that this is a subtle admission by the author that their work is somehow flawed or incomplete in one or more ways, but that they intend to fix it in a "Second Edition." If you're paranoid like me, you might wish to wait around and spring for that "Second Edition," if indeed there be one.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XKNHGN1...30_recs_reftag |
I haven't read it all, and knew nothing about the website, but an article at
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vox...-woman-english looks like it might be a good one. The author's focus is upon the fact that the translator, Emily Wilson, is the first _woman_ to translate The Odyssey into English, and muses upon the significance of that fact.