The Mighty Dead: Why Homer Matters [Audiobook] download free by Adam Nicolson
- Listen audiobook: The Mighty Dead: Why Homer Matters
- Author: Adam Nicolson
- Release date: 2015/8/1
- Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Poetry and Drama
- ISBN: 9780007335534
- Rating: 8.91 of 10
- Votes: 225
- Review by: Iris Tomlin
- Review rating: 7.72 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/11/23
- Duration: 4H6M31S in 256 kbps (67.2 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-09-16
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: Musepack, MP3, MPEG4, MPEG-4 ALS, TTA, WMA, WAV, FLAC (compression 7-ZIP, TAR.BZ, RAR, AZW, ZIP)
- Total pages original book: 336
- Includes a PDF summary of 35 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 25M39S (7 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: Longlisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction`A thrilling and complex book, enlarges our view of Homer ... There's something that hits the mark on every page' Claire Tomalin, Books of the Year, New StatesmanWhere does Homer come from? And why does Homer matter? His epic poems of war and suffering can still speak to us of the role of destiny in life, of cruelty, of humanity and its frailty, but why they do is a mystery. How can we be so intimate with something so distant?`The Mighty Dead' is a magical journey of discovery across wide stretches of the past, sewn together by some of the oldest stories we have - the great ancient poems of Homer and their metaphors of life and trouble. In this provocative and enthralling book, Adam Nicolson explains why Homer still matters and how these vital, epic verses - with their focus on the eternal questions about the individual versus the community, honour and service, love and war - tell us how we became who we are.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Literary Studies: Poetry & Poets, Literary Studies: Classical, Early & Medieval
- Download servers: Uploaded, Google Drive, Mediafire, The Pirate Bay, FreakShare, ge.tt, Hotfile, Torrent, MEGA, FileCupid. Compressed in 7-ZIP, TAR.BZ, RAR, AZW, ZIP
- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 13.12 USD
- Dimensions: 129x198x26mm
- Weight: 340g
- Printed by: William Collins
- Published in: London, United Kingdom
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